hi folks, i appreciate the helpful ideas and responses to my self-righting devices post. let me clarify that i'm not roll-obsessed. what i want is SAFETY. > All this, however, places even a greater onus on owners of boats > like mine >to religiously practice self rescue techniques other than rolling. i couldn't agree more with this post from "the end of the world". that's what i am about, self-rescue, skill, safety. i don't care how i do it. i care if it's consistently reliable. it's also incumbent upon me and others like me to kayak in conditions that are favourable for us, our skill level, our type of boat. of course this is patently obvious but still it has to be at the forefront of my priorities. > if you don't roll, you >aren't really a seakayaker. this mindset isn't exclusive to australia. but again i don't care about it. i admire the rollers and all the types of rolls. i AM wedged well in my cockpit , but i know any beamy long-cockpit boat (let alone in that pesky bendy tupperware) is hard to roll. so, i just want to save myself. if a roll happens for me one day, coolio. lots of great posts and thoughts here. thanks for sharing it all. great list, great people. jackie, after seeing the havoc wreaked on the sp*ns*n-mania list, oops, i mean rec.boats.paddle, i want to join the chorus of thanks to you for the work you do moderating this list. kcd kathleen comalli dillon~friend, mom, wife, musician, violinist, writer, ailurophile extraordinaire ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "We can do no great things; we can only do small things with great love."-Mother Teresa~~"I find a lot of people like chubby 67-year-old girls."-Beverly Sills~~"I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it."-Abraham Lincoln~~"Prepare to be assimila-----OOOOOoooooo, jelly donuts!"-Homer of Borg~~"I am Boris of Borg. Moose and Squirrel are irrelevant."~~ *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
At 10:42 AM 2/14/01 -0800, timbre_at_spiger.com wrote: >hi folks, > >i appreciate the helpful ideas and responses to my self-righting devices post. > >let me clarify that i'm not roll-obsessed. what i want is SAFETY. > >> All this, however, places even a greater onus on owners of boats >> like mine >>to religiously practice self rescue techniques other than rolling. > > >i couldn't agree more with this post from "the end of the world". that's >what i am about, self-rescue, skill, safety. i don't care how i do it. i >care if it's consistently reliable. Practice, practice, practice. I don't believe that Audrey Sutherland practices, or even can roll her 13' inflatable, but she has spend many hours practicing a reentry technique. She practiced in calm warm water conditions and practiced when the wind was blowing 30 knots and in 20 ft swells. She practiced using her paddle and boat tethers so that was able to get back in her boat quickly and safely every time. When she capsized off the coast of Alaska it took her 28 seconds to get back in her boat. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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