Re: [Paddlewise] Impressions from a boat demo and rolling tricks

I had no idea there were any Paddlewise folks in the KC area!  I was the "guy in the front" of the tandem that Mel wrote about.  We were "test driving" a Dagger Trinidad.  Our first attempt at a roll worked out OK, although we had never given it a shot before.  Unfortunately, the Trinidad we were paddling didn't have any thigh braces and has a huge "roomy" cockpit (as the 2000 Dagger catalog describes it).  On our second attempt, we capsized and I just kept going down!  I was out of the cockpit before I knew it.

I wasn't happy at all with the Trinidad.  Very difficult to turn- it paddled like a big barge.

Hope you have some luck selling your boat, Mel!  I think you are right in that the folks at the demo were just there to play around.  I know I was- I have absolutely no cash for boats these days, not even a used one...

tm

>The rolling trick:  Two guys rolled a double kayak.  The first time they
>made it look easy but commented once they were up that they didn't think
>they would make it since they were so loose in the boat (it was a big boat,
>as most doubles are).  They tried a second time and the guy in the front
>fell out.  The rear paddler still made the roll but he cheated.  he didn't
>realize it but all of us on shore pointed out that he stuck the paddle to
>the bottom of the lake (he was only in three feet of water) and used that to
>roll.  Their first roll was a "legal" roll.

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