Su; Try placing your paddle parallel to your overturned kayak and, while grabbing both the paddle shaft and the cockpit coaming nearest you with one hand, reach under the kayak to the coaming on the opposite side with your other hand and then simply rotate the boat upright. You will be able to right the boat while still maintaining control of your paddle this way. John Winskill Su Penn wrote: > snip>>> None > of us was able to right a flipped boat one-handed while holding onto a > paddle with the other hand, and would surely have lost paddles if we'd been > in current or waves--I'm sure this is not news to most of you), > snip > *************************************************************************** > PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List > Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net > Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net > Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ > *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** 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 28 1999 - 14:59:14 PDT
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