Thanks for your very informative post! I intentionaly left out of my post ------------ I add my thanks also, Richard, that was a great post although I personally wouldn't have thought of oscillatory as an adverb. Cyclical, maybe. Oscillatory, I don't think so! :-). ------------ Now one more comment about paddling against currents. Don't do so unless absolutely necessary! It is far too much work and effort, and very ------------ The image I have now of the Deep Trouble reports is of people paddling madly, more from reaction, adrenilin and fear than with any plan or objective in mind. This eventually would lead to fatigue and even less control of the boat and the situation. The thought behind my post was simply being caught in a current I couldn't overcome or evade and being swept past the last point of land. Rather than paddling wildy to obtain an unreachable objective I thought it might make more sense, under the right circumstances, to conserve energy, stay upright and (wishfully) trying to ferry out of the current if/when conditions permitted. Granted wind, waves, skill, fatigue, etc. all come into play along with the current but I didn't/don't think being swept past that last point of land is neccessarily a death sentence, at least not most of the time. I agree with another post that some whitewater experience would be invaluable. Being able to punch in and out of an eddyline without leaning the wrong (natural) way is important (and fun) as is ferrying or setting (isn't that what they call ferrying while heading with the current?). How else are ya gonna get out to those standing waves for a little surfing? :-) My whitewater canoeing is 20+ year old but little bits and pieces seem to surface when needed. *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Jan 27 1999 - 06:04:32 PST
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