Re: [Paddlewise] Rolling a loaded sea kayak

From: Tom Unger <unger_at_tumtum.com>
Date: Mon, 08 Nov 1999 12:00:35 -0800
superiorvisions_at_att.net wrote:
 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.

I found the same thing, more or less.  I didn't notice the kayak was
that much slower, but I did notice that once I got the boat going up I
came up with a little more solidly than when it was empty.

In otherwords, rolling a loaded kayak didn't seem any harder and might
have been easier.

Tom Unger
Seattle
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