Re: [Paddlewise] FW: ACA meetings: Greenlan

>
>P.S. Anticipating a response from the gentleman from New York concerning
>folding boats, there are boats that are hard to roll by design hence, it is
>therefore possible that for these isolated cases, it is not productive to
>push acquisition of rolling skills.
>


Ah, but (not to denigrate the unnamed Mr Diaz's abilities :-) ) at the end
of my first season of paddling (this year) I succeeded on only my second
attempt to roll my Feathercraft K1 without much trouble.  I did use an
extended paddle roll (pawlata?), but I am pretty confident that next year
(or maybe this winter if I get into a pool session) that I can "convert"
that into a screw roll (or C to C).

And I definitely agree that having a solid roll will help to be more relaxed
in heavy conditions.  I went to Wales in Sept and although I had done the
successful roll (just the previous week) I did NOT feel that it was
something I could depend on, and I was VERY nervous when I was in any of the
many tidal races that we crossed or played in.

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