>> 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/ ***************************************************************************
On Thu, 14 Oct 1999, Chuck Holst wrote: > 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! So what is the positioning for a static brace? I've tried a few different positions but thus far can't hold still. The closest I've come is lying in the water with my face up and my greenland paddle slowly waving back and forth (essentially sculling) over my head. kirk *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
>So what is the positioning for a static brace? I've tried a few different >positions but thus far can't hold still. The closest I've come is lying >in the water with my face up and my greenland paddle slowly waving back >and forth (essentially sculling) over my head. > >kirk Kirk, The "balance brace" is a very popular static brace. Brain Day of Rutabaga kayak has a nice "Greenland-style" page with directions and excellent pics, including the balance brace at <http://www.paddlers.com/references/refgreenland.htm>. The big keys for me was first to learn how to keep the kayak tilted away from my torso and the proper body position with my back as flat on the water as possible. Another "trick" is that when you are fully immersed, the foot/leg applying pressure against the footpegs is the foot/leg closest to the water. As a rule static braces are often much easier to perform on hard-chined kayaks but there are some notable exceptions(such as the Romany). Greg Stamer *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
>At 21:41 10/18/99 -0400, Greg Stamer wrote: >>So what is the positioning for a static brace? I've tried a few different >>positions but thus far can't hold still. The closest I've come is lying >>in the water with my face up and my greenland paddle slowly waving back >>and forth (essentially sculling) over my head. >> >>kirk > >Kirk, > >The "balance brace" is a very popular static brace. Brain Day of Rutabaga >kayak has a nice "Greenland-style" page with directions and excellent pics, >including the balance brace at ><http://www.paddlers.com/references/refgreenland.htm>. > >The big keys for me was first to learn how to keep the kayak tilted away >from my torso and the proper body position with my back as flat on the >water as possible. Another "trick" is that when you are fully immersed, the >foot/leg applying pressure against the footpegs is the foot/leg closest to >the water. As a rule static braces are often much easier to perform on >hard-chined kayaks but there are some notable exceptions(such as the Romany). > >Greg Stamer more pictures can be found at the bonito boats photo gallery: http://www.home.earthlink.net/~bonito/photo_gallery.htm http://www.home.earthlink.net/~bonito/images/Static_brace_1.jpg mark-- #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com-------------------------------------- mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.jacknjillz.com/paddler [index of Paddling websites I manage] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page -- Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. --Pablo Picasso *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
In my last Greenland paddling and rolls demo I used an Anas Acuta because the linseed oil of my kayak was still wet. I did a couple of hand rolls, norsaq (throwing stick) rolls, and a balance brace without any problems. Laying on the aft deck was even more comfortable than my own skin boat. The Anas Acuta is a truly a remarkable boat. - Julio > > >> > 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 > >> *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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