Re: [Paddlewise] Rolling double kayaks

Hi John,
Based on my experience rolling doubles, I'd the most important thing is to 
agree in advance about which side you're going to roll on - I've had the 
experience of us each deploying our paddles on opposite sides, sweeping 
vigoursly in perfect synch, which lifted the kayak vertically out of the 
water a couple of inches, but accomplished little else. We both realized the 
problem, and both corrected for it, meaning, of course that we were once 
again set up on opposite sides. After this second unsuccessful attempt to 
turn the kayak into a hovercraft, we were both forced to wet exit, since we 
were laughing so hard we were nearly drowning.
You must both be strong rollers in your own right. You should agree in 
advance that you will always roll on a particular side, or if you are both 
strong rollers on both sides, you could agree that you will always roll up 
on the side away from which you rolled over.
A good way to stay in synch is for a designated paddler to rap three times 
loudly on the hull, after which you both sweep.

Philip Torrens
N49°16' W123°06'

>From: John Fereira <jaf30_at_cornell.edu>
>To: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net ('Paddlewise')
>Subject: [Paddlewise] Rolling double kayaks
>Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 13:30:19 -0400
>
>I have seen several people mention rolling tandem kayaks solo but I
>was interested in what people do to be in sync when trying to
>roll a tandem boat while two people are in it (and contributing to the
>roll).  A friend of mine and I have been going through his fleet of
>boats (he rents and sells them) and rolling each one.  About all that's
>left are his tandem boats and we want to give that a try as well.
>
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