Peter, you said: <<The novice speaks again and eats his words of last week!! I repeated the Self Rescue practice again with the Paddlefloat mounted in front of my narrow cockpit boat rather than the rear. Disaster!>> <snip> Be careful with your paddlefloat practice. It is very easy to break a paddle shaft due to incorrect technique -- especially as you become unraveled. Learn the rear deck fixed and non-fixed method first to the point of doing it blindfolded in a chop. The front deck (both fixed and non-fixed) can work for some people, as witnessed here on our coast, but requires different body language. No practice, good or bad, is ever a disaster if something is learned. BC'in Ya Doug Lloyd *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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