Tom wrote: "For the first time ever, I flipped over unintentionally last week due to a swirly current, a gusty wind, and me daydreaming all at the same time. It took what seemed like a few seconds to figure out what had happened as I dangled under my kayak, but I relaxed and rolled up again safely." Now, how do you rationally decide which side to roll up on, in this situation. You want to come up on the side the weather is coming from, so as to get any wind assistance coming up, and to brace into waves... Rules of thumb for rolling up: 1. When surfing to the left on a wave, set up on the right and roll up on the left. Conversely, 2. When surfing to the right on a wave, set up on the left and roll up on the right. 3. When dumped unexpectedly, look up hanging upside down. Waves from the left, set up on the right. Waves from the right, set up on the left. Or, set up on the side away from the wave direction. 4. Aaaah, I'm running out of air fast, roll up desperately on the strong side as quickly as possible! Upside down, down under, Peter Treby 37°42'S 145°08'E *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Dec 28 2000 - 14:05:49 PST
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