While chasing my boat in the surf on Sunday in full battle dress, feeling sodden, leaden, and slow, I started paddling. I've never heard anybody recommend this, but it seemed effective. Pretty high energy required, but maybe handy in avoiding rocks, escaping rips, catching boats, etc. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
> > While chasing my boat in the surf on Sunday in full battle dress, feeling sodden, leaden, and slow, I started paddling. I've never heard anybody recommend this, but it seemed effective. Pretty high energy required, but maybe handy in avoiding rocks, escaping rips, catching boats, etc. I believe I recently saw this described in one of Derek Hutchinsons books. -- John Fereira jaf30_at_cornell.edu *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
At the Coastal Kayaking Instructor (ACA) Development Workshop I attended in March 1999, we practiced this boatless paddling maneuver. Natalie At 01:26 PM 6/29/99 EDT, you wrote: >> >> While chasing my boat in the surf on Sunday in full battle dress, feeling sodden, leaden, and slow, I started paddling. I've never heard anybody recommend this, but it seemed effective. Pretty high energy required, but maybe handy in avoiding rocks, escaping rips, catching boats, etc. > >I believe I recently saw this described in one of Derek Hutchinsons >books. > >-- >John Fereira >jaf30_at_cornell.edu >*************************************************************************** >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/ ***************************************************************************
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