Thanks to everyone who helped with the bulkhead question. It's a great resource here. As far as the re-entry and roll: Mike wrote: >Once your upside down, instead or pulling the skirt off of the cockpit >rim, stick your thumbs under the top of the tunnel bunjie/elastic and >slide out of the boat/skirt like you're taking a pair of jeans off. Get >your breath and wits back, grab the skirt tunnel, spread it open, slide >in and roll up. Works with a drysuit, I never tried it with a wetsuit >but I believe Molton did. Interesting idea. I use a neoprene skirt though so no dice. The idea of using a foam paddle float was also intriguing, but the reason I am drawn to the re-entry and roll is to get in the boat quickly and efficiently. The problem is the amount of water left in the boat which is obviously really affecting stability. Plus, if you are sitting in the big water and having to hand pump all the water out without a spray skirt on, recipe for a second dunking. One of the people I paddle with has a foot pump in his Romany which seems like a really nice little addition that I may add to my boat. So, we've talked about electric pumps, what about good, bulkhead mounted, foot pumps? -Patrick -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Maun pmaun_at_bitstream.net *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Jan 15 1999 - 11:04:22 PST
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