I put some pads under the deck of my spaciously cockpitted (?) Sea Otter (1986 Wenonah model) so that I could lean it, and thought it was solid enough in outfitting to try a roll. So at the end of a 3-hour paddle on Lake Lanier (just north of Atlanta, GA, USA), when another member of the group (Atlanta Sea Kayakers) was practicing rolls, I ran through what I had learned, put the paddlefloat on my paddle, visualized the movement, screwed my courage to the sticking point, capsized, moved my paddle to what I think was the right beginning place -- and fell out of the boat. Just fell out, taking the skirt with me. Okay, back to Sea Kayaker and a radical refurnishing of the cockpit with foam and glue. And maybe another look at the instructions on rolling. 8^) Ron -------------------------------- Ron Johnson |The Tao is nowhere to be found. rfred_at_mindspring.com |Yet it nourishes and completes all things. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon May 18 1998 - 11:42:36 PDT
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