At 12:33 PM 9/7/00 -0500, Robert Cline wrote: >I think it is a useful "trick." It does help improve balance. The skill >you learn with the cowboy rescue can save your hull from a few scratches on >rough beaches. Not if you have an ocean cockpit. As I said, it's physically impossible to sit in the cockpit first, then attempt to put your feet in. Nor is it possible to pull your legs out before getting your buttt out of the seat. The front edge of the cockpit just comes back too far. I also still question the usefulness of a cowboy rescue in rough water conditions. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Sep 07 2000 - 10:54:41 PDT
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