Arthur Hebert wrote: >Hello John, >Glad to be on the list (good stuff, particularly Swede form and flow) and >happy to hear from you. I really enjoyed the paddle with you and fellow >Texans a few months ago. I am heading to Austin the weekend of July de 4th >for the rolling and Greenland endorsement. > >John please don't forget to give me a yell on your next trip to New Orleans. >We can paddle some swamp or salt and talk more on glassing >Arthur Hebert Hey Arthur, Larry and other Paddlewisers, I am no longer a 'fellow Texan' , having moved from Galveston to San Francisco in April. Never was a 'true Texan' anyhow :~) But my daughter Lacy still lives in New Orleans, and that's my second-most favorite U.S. city, so I'll still be visiting and looking to paddle thereabouts. I don't know anything to compare with the inner swamp areas we paddled, as well as the Atchafalaya Basin, very enjoyable, outta this world paddling experience. So now I am enjoying exploring the cold waters of the Pacific, with an upcoming 3-day weekend camping and paddling trip to Elkhorn Slough, a protected natural area in greater Monterey Bay. BASK, the Bay Area Sea Kayakers club here is a very active group of diverse paddlers, so lots of welcome opportunity for shared paddling for new arrivals or visitors. http://www.bask.org/index.htm Maligiaq Padilla was here and built a beautiful Greenland kayak, 19' 9" long, 19" abeam. He gave a great demonstration and then a paddling workshop, all Greenland-style paddling techniques. For that I made a Greenland-style paddle based on web info from Chuck Holst and others. Just getting the hang of it, but already I can see some real attractions in using it. Merci bon coup John *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
If you've got a buddy available, use an Eskimo rescue for your failed attempts (after your paddle float re-entry is good). That's the one wherein your you bang on the bottom of the boat to signal and your buddy noses his/her bow as close to your hands (which are sliding fore and aft along the gunwales to give a bigger target) then you pull yourself up holding on to the bow. This give you practice in keeping your head wet, hip snapping, etc. Saves time from doing all those reentries and pumping. I'm not sure I'd trust this in real life, unless I asked to be spotted before I got dumped. I was having trouble until I tried holding the end of the non power blade. I have a short paddle and this gave me added leverage. I forget the name for that roll. Some 'L' word. Lumscvat or something. After you get the mechanics down you can work on other rolls. When you miss them you can switch back to that one to avoid bailing out. If you do have to bail, try a reenty roll. It's easier than it sounds. *************************************************************************** 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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