RE: [Paddlewise] Subject: eskimo roll

Hi Bob,

First, and I'm serious and don't mean to sound arrogant or overly
simplistic, but don't blow rolls!  It is better to practice your roll to the
point that it doesn't fail than to practice what to do if it does.  Before I
take heat for this, I'm not saying to give up on other rescue practice, but
to concentrate on a roll that works first time everytime.

Second, If you have sculled your way to the surface don't bother to capsize
and go back into a roll set up position just hip-snap and come up.  If this
isn't clear think of it as two strokes, reverse sweep brace to the bow and
that winds you up, forward sweep brace to the stern and hip-snap and you're
up.

Cheers,

Rob Cookson

 "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety"
Benjamin Franklin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net
> [mailto:owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net]On Behalf Of Bob Denton
> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 6:42 AM
> To: 'Paddlewise'
> Subject: RE: [Paddlewise] Subject: eskimo roll
>
>
> Here in South Florida, probably due to the La Nina, we've had perfect
> afternoons. The usual 4pm thunderstorms haven't happened and
> we've had dry,
> cool (high 80s) evenings with a few puffy clouds. I've been able
> to get out
> on the intracoastal next to our local inlet for rolling practice almost
> every afternoon the past few weeks.
>
> What I've been working on is blown rolls. Sculling up to get a breath of
> air, then dropping back, making sure I'm properly positioned in
> the cockpit,
> doing a deliberate setup and then coming up as smoothly as possible. I'm
> hoping to be able to deal with a blown roll without having to make a wet
> exit, and so far, under conditions no more then 2 foot chop, it's been
> working well.
>
> Any comments or suggestions?
>

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