Allison Corning wrote: > I've never whitewater kayaked, so here's a question... I've > heard of people > being crushed by their boats when they get wedged between the > boats and > immoveable objects-- I can understand why you wouldn't want > to be underwater > at this point, but what keeps you from being hurt by your own > boat in this > situation? > I don't paddle a whitewater kayak either. It's an OC-1 (single person whitewater open canoe) - a Dagger Encore. Having the advantage of two blades would be unfair <very big grin>. Fortunately the laws of physics apply to both hull types. If you lean _into_ the obstacle you turn your hull (boat and body leaned together!) so that the water slides under it rather than catching the edge and either dumping you or possibly pinning your boat. The forces that even a moderate current can generate on a broached canoe or kayak can be incredible! I think that most WW pins are actually cases where the paddler is pinned _in_ the boat against an immoveable object rather than _between_ the boat and object. I've been in situations where I couldn't easily move my boat fore or aft because of the force of the current pinning it against a rock, but I could "edge" (or lean) enough to stay upright until a solution could be worked out (usually a forceful change of center of gravity). Leaning away from the obstacle would have invariably resulted in a capsize and/or boat pin. Dave Seng Juneau, Alaska *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Apr 05 2000 - 10:48:34 PDT
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