I wrote: > <In a large cockpit it is to easy to end up to far in the front, > so you have to slip back to your backrest before setting up for the > roll.> > Ulli - This has not been my experience with the re-entry and roll. Using a > keyhole cockpit (such as the ones on a VCP or NDK boat, not the super-large > cockpit some boats have), I deliberately tuck myself all the way into the > boat, feet beyond the foot braces and against the front bulkhead. I don't > make a point of being on the boat's seat when I set up for the roll. The > seat of my pants is either on the boat's seat, or just in front of it. The > roll seems easier than a standard roll, and I'm not referring to a > paddle-float assisted roll here. > > I'm not sure why this roll is relatively easy, but it is. Perhaps it has > something to do with the fact that the boat is quite low to the water, since > it's partly swamped. Also, the paddler's weight is well aligned with the > center of the boat. I've taught others to do the re-entry and roll this way, > and they've had the same good luck with it that I've had. snip > Bill Hansen > Ithaca NY > Hi, Thanks for your comment. A paddle float assisted roll isn't a problem at all, as long as you are somewhere, smoehow in the boat. That's the great thing about it. If you can get back under water and reenter your boat I think it is likely faster and more stable than an outrigger paddlefloat rescue. OK there is more water in the cockpit, so get a good, handfree pump. Rolls without paddle float work without being in the seat and on the braces. I think -for a roll-beginner like me- it is more of a head problem. I simply don't feel right, and if you start thinking to much about it you'll sure blow the roll. I believe that is a big part to get a "bombproof roll" -Don't think about it, Do it- . As soon as your butt is higher than your head, set up, sweep, snap, and be save (in theory at least). I also found a partly swamped boat easier to roll. When I had my own kayak first time in the pool I though I lost my roll. I wasn't able to do it. After a while I had a success rate of ~50% in the pool (before in plastic boats -CD Storm, WS Sealution etc.- I was already closer to 90% in the pool). My boat is a 24 inch beam, hard chined boat, that might be the reason for the harder roll. At one point I started to practise to paddle float reentry and roll to get a bit more from my pool time. Soon I found out that I could reenter and roll without the paddle float, since there was some water in the cockpit. Subsequently I spent a lot of time rolling without a sprayskirt, just to get the moves imprinted in my brain. Last weekend I had no water in the cockpit but a lot of gear in the hatches, and I realy didn't want to blow the roll (cold water, everybody watching etc.) -sometimes a little pressure works wonder. It worked out pretty easy, a great confidence builder for future attempts -when the water is warmer. Cheers Ulli Dr. 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 Tue May 30 2000 - 06:35:26 PDT
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