[Paddlewise] Rolling a loaded sea kayak

Hello Paddle Wisers,

I have noticed that there is one difference between 
rolling a loaded sea kayak vs rolling an unloaded sea 
kayak.

The sea kayak will rotate much quicker if it is 
unloaded. I noticed this the season after I learned to 
roll my sea kayak. I was paddling up on Lake Superior up 
by Hole in the Wall by the Pigeon River. I rolled my 
kayak by capsizing on my non-dominant side to roll under 
the kayak and come up on my dominant side. After I 
capsized I became very aware of the fact that my sea 
kayak was rotating much slower than it did down in 
Minneapolis. 
I do not think that it was harder to roll the sea kayak, 
it was just different because you had to be a little 
patient waiting for your body to rotate to the other 
side of the sea kayak. I think that the added mass of 
the kayak helps with the roll once the boat momentum is 
started by your hip snap/leg lift. 

Good Paddling,

Don Dimond	
Owner of Superior Visions Sea Kayaking School
Board Member of Twin Cities Sea Kayaking Association
	
			
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