RE: recovery craft
I use a very big ( 7 1/2' ) spinning rod with a big Shimano reel, 20# test line and a big floating lure with lots of gnarly looking teeth errr, hooks on it. I've only needed it once, and almost wore my arm out casting, but finally got it hooked around the float struts. The trick is to cast way beyond the plane, that way you can walk to the right or left as needed until you get the standing part of the line draped over the plane and start reeling. Luckily the lake I fly from is relativly small and the water warm. Just in case. By the way, I'm flying a 73" Kadet with GP 60 sized floats and a Saito 91 and it's loads of fun. I was getting bored with regular flying until I tried this and it's like a new start.