A bit like highsiding a motorcycle. It spits you off and then jumps on top of you for a few tumbles. Most motorcycle racers get more injures from the motorcycle hitting them than from them hitting the ground. The problem I see with the 'bailout' method is that you need to bail before it is needed. If you wait until there is no choice, you are much more likely to be injured by the kayak than by the surf itself. To work well, you need to bail before it is needed and get away from the boat. Another one of those 'judgement' things. :-) I don't know about anybody else, but I learn judgement from experience. Experience is what I get when I don't get what I want. :-)( michael gstamer_at_magicnet.net wrote: > A sit-on-top is not a panacea in the surf. Most instances where you are > forcefully slammed against the kayak deck happen much to quickly to bail > out beforehand. If you do manage to "eject" keep in mind that while you are > in the salt water "wash-cycle" your kayak is tumbling right in there beside > you. *************************************************************************** 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 Nov 12 1998 - 05:41:38 PST
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