This is a reply to the post from Greg Hollingsworth post about turning in high winds. I have found that when paddling in high winds the best way for me to turn, if the old forward and reverse sweeps do not work,is to put my sea kayak on edge and then use sculling sweeps just on my right side. I tell students that you need to be able to turn 360 degrees in the winds that you find yourself if you want to say that you can deal with those winds. Not being able to turn can become a problem if you paddling in a group and a capsize occurs. At a minimum you should be able to paddle in place or backwards to reach the capsized paddler. Good Paddling and shovelling in Minneapolis, Don Dimond *************************************************************************** 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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