At 09:55 PM 8/12/98 -0700, sylvio lamarche wrote: >..... > >>I guess it depends on the surf. Here on the big lake you can (or I can) >>easily find yourself facing a much bigger and steeper wave than expected, >>and if you realize it too late and are not paddling quick enough into it >>when it hits you, you are in for a wild backward surf ride. > I think that facing the bigger waves makes it a lot easier to see >them coming, and to deal with them. >It is also easier to study the wave pattern when facing them, I can stop >and check it out for a while just outside the zone and figure out my >timing...Using the smaller ones to push me to shore a bit, while under >control, and ready to punch through the bigger ones...I can also stop and >wait out my time in the in between zone much safer than the other way as >again I am ready for evasive action... My experience with surf has been almost exclusively in the active pursuit of surf on a familiar, sandy beach, and my comments must be taken with that in mind. When you just want to get in safely with a loaded boat, its a whole different matter and a more prudent approach may be warranted. If I was in unfamiliar surfy waters my approach might be different than when I'm out for a ride near home. Wayne *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Aug 13 1998 - 06:05:42 PDT
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