>> I'm getting older, and my joints and connective tissue are deteriorating quickly. If it weren't for my stretching and exercise regimes, I wouldn't be able to kayak much any more after years of storm paddling abuse in the Nordkapp. I'm looking for a play boat that I can enjoy learning a more Greenland style of paddling, including making and using a "stick". The Norkapp's rear deck is too high, and I may lower the back of the Outer Island even more to allow a full range of Inuit rolls, etc. I would also love to have a kayak that I could actually hand roll and also do a static brace. The Outer Island is probably in my future as I gaze into the crystal ball - however, all I see clearly now in the glass ball is sawdust and planning chips, meaning my next boat, regardless, will be home built. BC'in Ya Doug Lloyd >> You mentioned the Romany in an earlier post. One reason I bought mine is because a layback roll is easy to do in it. And for the last two years, James Loveridge has demonstrated a full range of Greenland rolls, hand rolls, and the static brace in a Romany kayak at the Great Lakes Sea Kayak Symposium. So now I don't have my kayak as an excuse for not being able to do a static brace! Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Oct 14 1999 - 08:19:16 PDT
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