At 23:38 17/02/98 EST, you wrote: >Hi folks, > >I have read with interest most of the safety discussions that have taken place >here and on Wavelength. I am curious, how many sea kayakers have had an >accidental capsize while tripping? That is a touring capsize rather than one >caused by playing (surfing, playing in eddies etc.) or skillbuilding. > >If you have had an accidental capsize I would be interested in hearing the >details. > >Thanks and Happy Paddling! > >Rob Cookson >*************************************************************************** Capsizes? It's a water sport, so get wet! Accidental capsizes while touring: - one on a two day trip - coming in at the edge of the surf zone, Coledale Beach, NSW - another weekend trip - leaving Era Beach, NSW both before I had adequate surfing skills - three consecutive capsizes in ugly surf at Loaders Beach, during the BCE Sea Proficiency assessment - two screw rolls then one Pawlata - one coming in at some beach on the NSW South Coast after paddling 35 km into a strong Southerly, during the BCE Advanced Sea Proficiency assessment weekend - recovery with a screw roll - one capsize off Point Perpendiclar, Jervis Bay, in an offshore gale, when broached with the paddle tangled in a towline (!) - recovery with a wet exit and assisted rescue - one capsize over the reef at the northern end of Montague Island, while turning to watch the seals play in the reef break - off-side screw roll - two capsizes while paddling in a once-in-twenty-year storm, 55 knot winds and 6.5 metre significant wave height just offshore and 45 knots where we were playing - both capsizes when turning around and broached at a wave crest, no water underneath the paddle and blown over by a gust - recovery by a carefully timed screw roll in the next trough and _with_ the wind, but against the wave - hundreds of accidental capsizes while surfing for fun - hundreds of deliberate capsizes for practice - dozens of capsizes under pressure of competition in the first season of canoe polo, until I learned to brace properly on my left side with the (curse it!) _feathered_ paddle One reason that I can think of, to explain why so few accidental capsizes is that one's bracing skills improve in line with one's ability to roll. If you learn to roll well, you won't need to! Andrew Eddy *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Feb 18 1998 - 17:03:38 PST
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