Reinhold Werner Weber <r.weber_at_sulb.uni-saarland.de> writes: << It is generally known that foldables with air-sponsons are very difficult to roll. ... >> What type of boat do you normally roll, Reinhold? There's a couple of guys in NYC who roll their Klepper Aerius II on the Hudson (without special outfitting, I believe). The K-Lite rolls rather well actually, as does the Khatsalano. Ralph Diaz's advice about jamming your legs under the deck helps if you have not yet outfitted the boat to suit your build. The trick is to keep your heels close together and splay out your knees under the coaming to also gain sufficient lateral hold. I have sculled a K1 with both ears in the water and had no trouble at all getting back up (the owner / dealer asked me not to roll because he did not want to get an aluminium framed boat full of saltwater in case I punched out :-) And, dare I point it out, the Pouch singles E65 (no sponsons) and E68 (sponsons and 27" beam) roll with little trouble (pictures on www.PouchBoats.com to prove it in the case of the latter). Grinning from ear to ear ... Ralph C. Hoehn Ralph_at_PouchBoats.com http://www.PouchBoats.com *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Sep 12 2000 - 07:59:54 PDT
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