Final word? Let me squeeze these few in... Doug, I've scanned the "research paper" too. What do you think of the point that the prime importance in cockpit fitting is to fit hips and thighs firmly in, rather than the knee end? You seem to emphasize your knee tube's importance. And, for general entertainment, is there a photo somewhere of you dry testing cockpit fit, upside down with the boat in slings and you in the cockpit? I'd like to see that. It inspires thoughts of a dry-land rolling teaching machine. Maybe an obsolete boat, maybe someone's beat up Nordkapp, say, could be mounted on a lengthwise axle. Learners could be strapped in, and the basic motions of rolling taught. When proficient enough, the rolling machine, mounted as it would be in a drained swimming pool, would be flooded, and the learner would have to really roll. Survivors would be deemed partially seaworthy. They would be granted a BCU Silver Snorkel. And wait, maybe these rolling machines could be fitted with coin operated boxes, and placed in shopping malls for kids to play in. Say in downtown Angmagssalik. What do you think? PT *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Jan 17 2001 - 03:22:13 PST
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