Re: [Paddlewise] Breathing tube

When I do not have my nose plug on, I put the paddle in the fore deck,
which is one of the advantages of Greenland paddles and kayaks.

The snorkel is a good idea for learning how to roll in calm water.

For a roll back up I use my solid version of the avataq, or float
that I carry under the aft deck bungies. Rolling with that rarely fails
in any conditions. In fact, there is a product on the market based
on the same priciple; it is a CO2 catridge that fills a bladder with
which the paddler rolls back up. It is an excellent idea.


Now, I just realized that the context of the breathing tube discussion
is about paddling in storm seas without caring of whether or not you
are upside down. 

If I decided to do something like that, I would just take my regulator
and a small tank, just because I already have it.

- Julio

> Let's see -- one hand holding my nose . . . one hand holding the tube 
> --- whoops, there goes my paddle.
> 
> Seriously, does this idea work in the kind of choppy conditions where 
> you might need to roll?  Or might you get an unexpected lungful of 
> water when a wave crest passed over your breathing tube?
> 
> 
> Professor Karl S. Coplan

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