Re: [Paddlewise] Paddle Floats

Sisler, Clyde wrote:of the simpler rolling techniques.  I can't/won't
risk getting water
> in my ears so I won't deliberately put my head under the water.  I
> haven't found an ear plug/wax and bathing/diving cap combination to
> eliminate that problem to my satisfaction. The risk is minimial, but one
> I won't take deliberately.  So I'm limited to the type/amount of
> practice I can do.
> 
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Kia Ora ,
 have you given any thought to a good quality bathingcap??Posssibly in
addition to earplugs??
I'am absolutely clostrophobic upside down, underwater, in a boat.
It took me ages to learn to roll in a perouette.In a warmpool.
Hence a spare set of split paddles with a permanent solid foam  float
fixed to a blade on the back of the boat.two loops either side at the
rear of the cockpit,to slide one half of the paddle through and re-
entree is no problem.The trouble starts to reposition the paddle and
float afterwards.Now I,m thinking of shifting this stuff to  the
foredeck.
But the most secure system is to go with a buddy.
Succes inyour efforts.
Eddie.

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