It is very kind of you to post that additional image, sir. Now I must locate the image with the "extended" caption.
In IR2, the canoes were used as a proxy to suss position at impact, that is why I had assumed the images I saw were from the IR3, the actual equiment is not likely to have remained floating.
Also from this image, I see no evidence that Gear was extended, There is no deflection evident other than mostly vertical whilst stowed.
Thank you again, Captain.