ralph diaz <rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com> writes: SNIP I am not certain that a folding kayak, except a very slim one like the Khatsalano, could be reliably rolled, i.e. a roll seeing you through like it might in a slimmer hardshell or skinboat. Rolling is more of a circus act, to be performed like the pair I saw with the Klepper and the guys in Germany mentioned above with their Feathercraft Klondike. ralph diaz -- Ralph, 1 - Learning to roll of course always makes for excellent skills practice -- even in a folding kayak. But I agree that in the case of the latter rolling might come under the category of "circus act" in the best possible sense. 2 - On the other hand I wish I'd had the guts to invert in the face of a particularly nasty breaker and roll back up on the other side a couple of months ago because I'm sure that the bottom of my boat would have proved much more resilient than my neck and back. No circus trick that! (For the record: After getting slammed quite hard the boat just punched through and popped up on the other side of the wave on an even keel unscathed -- I got a free back rub that evening, poor baby :-) The Other Ralph Ralph_at_PouchBoats.com http://www.Ralph_at_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 - 08:25:36 PDT
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