A New Jersey waterman for 42 years ever since that first boat, a little flat-bottom skiff [and what a pretty thing she was, too], at age fifteen. Many small sailing, rowing, and some power boats since then but now down to just two kayaks. Don't have what anyone could call a reliable roll; thrash and flail when it works, thrash and fail when it doesn't. Really kinda pitiful, I suppose. Probably from so many years in sailing dinghys where it is considered extraordinarily poor form to be inside a boat that is upside down. A Zen experience whenever I am paddling my Arctic Hawk. The boat and I metamorphose into a single entity.You know. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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