Re: [Paddlewise] Ripped Out of the Cockpit?

Strosaker_at_aol.com wrote:
> 
> I occasionally read stories about kayakers being ripped, sucked, yanked or
> whatever out of the cockpit when they are thrashed by some big wave in the
> surf.  I've been slammed, cartwheeled and thoroughly thrashed by some decent
> waves, and this has never happened to me.  Are these stories just a sorry
> excuse for losing one's cool and blowing the hatch too soon?  Maybe their
> boats aren't fitted tight enough?  I just don't know!
> 

I've heard a story of someone having had the boat pulled off in huge
surf, leaving the skirt still attached to the boat - he came out through
the neoprene tunnel! 

Frank


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