Ralph wrote: BIG snip >Generally in a rescue of a double, you want to get the rear person >in first as Bob suggests as they then are in a position to control >the rudder (most doubles are ruddered). This is handy for keeping >the boat pointed into any seas or wind while getting in the second >person in. BIG snip In my eyes that -the rudder control- isn't the reason why the person in the rear should reenter first. From my experience rudders on kayaks work only if the boat moves actively against a water current or faster than a current with it. You need water current to hit the rudder to turn the boat into a direction. I agree that the first should enter onto the rear position. That's were he/she is able to see what #2 is doing and can react (bracing, sculling, give a helping hand..) without twisting the head to see what is going on with #2 when #1 would enter into the front position first. My 2 Cents Ulli Ulli Hoeger Dept. Physiology and Biophysics Dalhousie University Halifax, B3H4H7, Nova Scotia Canada Phone I : 902-494-2673 Fax: 902-494-1685 Phone II :902-488-6796 http://is.dal.ca/~uhoeger *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Mar 09 2000 - 11:02:34 PST
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