On Tue, 17 Feb 1998, Craig Olson wrote: >> >>R. Walker wrote: >>> I have inflated bags in both bow and stern; and it is boyount >>> enough to where it doesn't do what you are talking about. I >>> have swamped it in the pool, and its fine. >> >>I assume you were fully loaded when trying this in the pool? ('just checking.) >>Also, while pool sessions are very useful, it's far more useful to check performance >>in rough seas where a capsize might occur and a re-entry is likely to be needed. >>Preferably near a sandy beach with an on-shore wind close to your car - The sandy >>beach, on-shore winds & car help ensure that if things go wrong, you'll have a soft >>landing and a warm place to go. >> >>> To be honest though, it wouldn't really matter unless there >>> was some really bad luck, 99% of the time I am in water that >>> is three foot deep or less. So while I have practiced >>> recovering the boat over the deep end of the pool, its not >>> a skill that I likely will ever have much use for. >> >>So, I take it you're a river kayaker? That *is* a different thing. I was thinking >>about sea kayaking or other waters where you're a ways from shore and it's *much* >>deeper than 3 feet without adequate bow flotation. It's not that common that the >>flotation is actually needed - but there have been enough cases of people getting >>injured or killed that I thought it worth mentioning. [snip] >> >>Not preaching - just hoping that no-one gets hurt, OK? >> >>Craig Olson >>Bellingham, Washington >> >>*************************************************************************** >>PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List >>Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net >>Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net >>*************************************************************************** reminds me of some trouble my daughter got into last year. we went on a river trip with the RMCC, and she took along a friend. she took my sea kayak [plastic aquaterra spectrum] which has no forward bulkhead. she went for a swim, and the boat took off. our fearless club prez went after it, and caught it about a 1/2 mile down river, but couldn't rescue it for another 1/4 mile, due to the full front half of the boat... the moral of that story was, if Jessica wants to paddle rivers, she needs the bow float bag ;-) i got trashed in a hole the next day, with the sea kayak, and swam the boat to shore, before anyone could even get close to me [just a hard class I run]. the boat i got for playing in harder water has bulkheads front and rear, and if/when i'm ready for the class III in it, i will put float bags into the compartments, for safety. DON'T ever get between your swamped boat, and rocks, always stay upstream of your boat [if at all possible]. the best representation i've seen for that was in a bill mason film, where the show the swamped boat as a vw beetle, pinning someone to a rock.... let's see, 8.4pounds/gallon, 200 gallons, ~1680pouns [~760Kg] --- now that hurts!! mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com-------------------------------------- mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/cpr [Colorado Paddlers' Resource] http://www.diac.com/~zen/rmskc [Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club] http://www.diac.com/~zen/rmcc [Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page] http://www.diac.com/~zen/mark [personal] -- Fortune: Now I lay me down to sleep I pray the double lock will keep; May no brick through the window break, And, no one rob me till I awake. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Feb 18 1998 - 09:41:54 PST
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