Matt Broze wrote: > > Patrick Maun <pmaun_at_bitstream.net> wrote: > <SNIP> > <<Lock yourself tight into the boat > and roll up. If the first attempt fails, switch to an extended paddle > and try again.>> > > Why not use the extended paddle roll the first time so there doesn't have to > be a second try? When it is important that I roll back up I extend my paddle > but not all the way out to a "Pawlata" (where you grab the end of one > blade). I extend my hand out on the shaft until I can feel the angle of the > blade with my little finger. It helps me instantly know the angle without > having to feel for the oval on the shaft or slapping the blade on the > surface. (I sure don't want to open my eyes in sand filled surf to have a > look see. Doubt I could see anything anyway and don't want to sear my > eyeballs trying.) With this mini extended roll I get greater than normal > leverage without having to let go of the shaft and find the end of the blade > in turbulence as with the Pawlata. It is quicker to recover your hand > position once upright too (but for years I did a "Pawlata" on the > river--when I really needed to get back upright in a hurry and not risk > swimming the next rapid--and never got tipped again before recovering the > paddling (and bracing) hand positions. I am so glad to hear that, Matt. One of the raps against the full Pawlata roll (extended paddle position holding a blade end in the inboard hand) has been that on rolling up you were not in a good paddling position. You survived in WW using it, so it must be okay, albeit the modified or mini version of the Pawlata you mention (the inboard hand shifted over along the shaft to just where it meets the blade and you can feel the blade angle alongside the crook of your pinky) is better for recovering normal paddling position. > > Patrick Maun again concerning "Reenter and Rolling": > <<Instability when upright is the biggest problem, but > this is going to be a problem with a paddlefloat rescue as well. This > brings us back to the topic of pumps I guess.>> > > Let me say this again, instability once upright is not a problem with an > outrigger paddlefloat rescue (the paddle fixed to the deck perpendicular to > the kayak). This to my mind is what makes it second (okay, a distant second) > to Eskimo rolling but much more reliable than a Reenter and Roll or an > unfixed paddle float rescue (like, unfortunately, the ACA promotes) where > the paddler is unsupported in a swamped kayak and therefore much more > vulnerable to capsizing again throughout the whole pumping operation which > can take several minutes. > Ralph mentioned the lack of suitable deck rigging on some kayaks or weak and > flexible shock cord for deck rigging. True but this is usually quite easy to > fix and you should do so immediately. For wimpy shock cord just buy some > stiffer shock cord or the next size larger and then make an X pattern with > the shock cord doubled up on the sides of the kayak ||X|| like that so > you have a double layer of stiffer shock cord holding the paddle down. It is > not hard to remove the paddle from this as some have suggested. Matt, you obviously have more of a finger on sea kayaking accidents than I have but I do recall hearing some published tales of paddlers re-capsizing when trying to yank out the inboard blade from a tightly fitting bungee or cord X pattern. And I have seen it happen in calm water during practice drills. My guess is that when a capsize occurs while yanking it is because of poor technique or letting down one's guard. A person yanking out the blade should make certain that the paddle float remain active, i.e. still be in contact with the water while yanking, and then skimmed back across the water for removal of the float or left on to continue resting or let the adrenalin simmer down. ralph -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** 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 Sat Jan 29 2000 - 06:52:33 PST
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