I'm a non-expert, so I don't want to criticize or suggest a course of training for anyone. Just don't forget that different people have different strokes and different boats. I'd encourage you to try tipping over in a sponsoned & float-bagged folding boat one day, feel the difference and see how stable the thing is even when it's full of water. Try rolling (it's just as stable upside-down). Or using a paddle float. It's really a very different kind of boat. I've found that uprighting the boat and scrambling over the stern into it, paddle in hand, while it's still waterlogged, takes ten seconds (as practiced in 3 foot breaking waves). But hey, I like folding kayaks (despite the high maintenance), because I can let go of the paddle and not worry about tipping over. This leaves you with two hands for a camera (or theoretically a beer for each hand). Or a greater margin of balance for attaching a spray skirt. And I realize there are some 'kayak stores' that won't sell them 'because they're slugs'. So it goes. Dan S. *************************************************************************** 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 May 14 1999 - 06:54:37 PDT
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