Re: [Paddlewise] Rolling was Re: How do you hold your paddle?

> Ralph Diaz wrote:
>
>
> I have never learned how to roll, either.  But I have never tried very
hard and
> have less of an incentive to do so because of being in folding kayaks.

The actual reason that I have not learned to roll is because I normally
paddle with my wife in a fairly wide double. If you look at the designer's
web page, www.sissonkayaks.co.nz and click on Which Kayak, you will find a
table comparing his various designs. In the primary stability column, where
1 = low and 10 = high, the fastest multisport kayaks rate at 2 or 3, and the
Nordkapp gets an 8. Our Southern Light double rates at 15!

I have seen pictures of doubles being rolled, and no doubt it makes a good
party trick, but it would require more skill and co-ordination than we are
ever likely to muster, and probably a narrower kayak. We have practised
tipping it over, righting and re-entry etc, as I am not silly enough to
think that we will never be caught out and find ourselves upside down (or is
that right side up?), but so far we have avoided conditions bad enough to
have us join the "wet sport" brigade.

Allan Singleton
Hamilton NZ

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