Re: [Paddlewise] Rolling a K-lite

From: John Fereira <jaf30_at_cornell.edu>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 12:30:27 -0400
At 10:36 AM 9/12/00 +0200, Reinhold Werner Weber wrote:
>It is generally known that foldables with air-sponsons are very difficult to 
>roll. On the other hand, they don't turn over in rough seas easily.
>
>But some people have done it. See:
>
>Dave rolls a Klepper
>http://www.vsb.cape.com/~mccue/docs/klepper.html

If he didn't have the rudder up he might have been able to do it without an
extended paddled.

>
>In the July/August number of Kanu Magazin (in German) there was a photo of a 
>Feathercraft Klondike (a double!) being rolled. With air-sponsons deflated, 
>they indicated. 

I friend of mine has rolled his Seaward Naia (a 30" wide double) by himself
and with one other person.


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