Woody, Getting out of a kayak on a beach with waves is tricky. I have a lot of experience doing it, and I still get thrashed sometimes, even today. One way is to come onto the beach just behind a wave and get high enough on the beach that the water coming back down doesn't wash you back into the waves, but you often get washed back down no matter how hard you try. If the waves on the beach are not too violent, ride a wave foreword or broached onto the sand. Either way, you need to get out of the kayak FAST, before the next wave hits you. I didn't get out of the kayak fast enough today, so I got scrapes on my legs from getting dragged over rocks. Landing through surf breaking on the beach isn't always graceful. Sometimes you have to eat sand, and that's OK. Duane Strosaker <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/pirateseakayaker/index.html">Pirate Sea Kayaker</A> *************************************************************************** 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 Sun Dec 26 1999 - 16:49:00 PST
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