Doug I would agree with Peter I don't know of anyone trying to swim out and the few times I have tried it, it was like peter said "Not Deliberate". The common practice is to get the timing right or to roll under the wave and as soon as it has passed roll back up. I try to look for rips as the spot they go out tends to take some of the force out of the waves. I have found that with a loaded kayak you can hit quite a large wave (after it has broken) straight on before being flipped backwards David Australia -----Original Message----- Doug, you wrote: "The second to last Sea Kayaker Mag issue had a good story about kayaking the Southern Coast of Australia. The story included an accout of the trip participants trying to exit the large surf. In the end, the fellows try swimming the kayaks out through the mayham. I've heard of doing this in reverse, but not as depicted in the story. Anyone got a clue if this is normal practice down there?" *************************************************************************** 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 Sun Jan 07 2001 - 19:10:59 PST
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