"Shawn W. Baker" wrote: > Well, I finally did it! > I did an off-side screw roll in my Chesapeake! I did a lot of pool > rolling this winter in a whitewater boat, and can do about 6 types of > rolls on either side, but until yesterday, I was limited to an on-side > screw roll in my sea kayak. > Congrats! Interestingly, I couldn't do an offside roll in a WW kayak until after I figured it out in my SK. Don't ask me why. > > I did find though, that when I complete a screw roll, that my paddle has > dived about 2' under the surface. I was very conscious of my blade > angle, so this leads me to believe that I'm relying (too much?) heavily > on my paddle sweep rather than on my "leg drive" (hip snap). Does > anyone have any suggestions, or am I doing as well as could be hoped > with a wide (24.5" beam) boat with hard chines and a high deck? > If your blade angle is good and your paddle still dives, it suggests to me that you're pulling down on the paddle before the sweep is complete rather than continuing all the way around. Your hip snap in a sweep roll should be strong, but is not really a snap, but more of a continuous rotation. Make sure you're not pulling the paddle down (sort of c-c) - the standard advice is to follow your paddle around with your head (i.e. watch your paddle blade all the way round). If it's not really two feet under, but a tad less than 18 inches below, I've been told not to worry about it - that, by the way, is pretty much my average roll. > > I hope to have 3-5 more practice sessions in (2-3 with a fully-loaded > boat) before I head for the coast next month. Other than loading the > heavier stuff down low, any tips on rolling a loaded boat? > Piece of cake - once you get a loaded boat past the secondary stability point, it pulls you up! You do need to get a clean sweep will an aggressive hip roll to build the momentum for the heavy boat. Oh yeah - don't let the funny sounds of stuff shifting around in your boat distract you! Mike *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Jun 21 1999 - 18:55:01 PDT
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