RE: [Paddlewise] Reentry & Roll - What then??

I've been practising the one-armed scull. It seems fairly solid, but 
I feel like if it fails, I'll dislocate my shoulder. Anyone have an 
tips? I hold the shaft in the crook of my arm, and behind the head on 
the shoulders. The sculling motion is the same as a normal scull. I 
just looked it up in Hutchinson's Sea Kayaking. His one-armed scull 
has the paddle completely vertical and it looks that way in the 
illustration. When I've tried this in the past it seems I exert too 
much energy keeping the shaft vertical.

I think the ideal situation for recovering from a reentry and roll is 
to use a pump that allows you to get the skirt on and, ideally, use 
both hands on the paddle. I purchased a foot-pump for this very 
reason. It looks nice sitting on my shelf. One of these days....

-Patrick

PS We had some great paddling weather here in Minnesota this past 
weekend. It was practically a traffic jam conditions what with all 
the paddle-craft out on the Mississippi.


At 9:44 PM -0600 3/5/01, Chuck Holst wrote:
>The only alternative I've come up with is to temporarily stabilize my kayak
>by putting my primary and spare Greenland paddles under the foredeck safety
>lines so they stick out to either side. For obvious reasons, this wouldn't
>work with feathered paddles. So far, I have tried it only on flat water,
>where it worked well, though I did later break the tip off one paddle while
>trying to climb back into the kayak with the paddles so deployed.
>
>The other alternative I've read about is to brace the paddle across the
>shoulder and under the elbow while pulling the sprayskirt back on.
>
>Chuck Holst
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:	Peter D Osman [SMTP:rebyl_kayak_at_iprimus.com.au]
>Sent:	Monday, March 05, 2001 2:00 PM
>To:	Paddlewise
>Subject:	[Paddlewise] Reentry & Roll - What then??
>
>G'Day,
>
>I've just spent a pleasant summer of weekends at Balmoral Beach, in Sydney
>Australia, learning a bit about rolling and reentry and rolling. Last week
>I
>took the roll into deep water but decided against attempting a reentry and
>roll. The problem is what do you do after a reentry once you are back up
>with a cockpit full of water and a spray skirt to put on and chop hitting
>you from every side?
>
>Is there any alternative to putting the spray skirt on under water? I
>prefer
>to reenter with the boat completely upside down as this is a smooth fast
>movement and you can take a break breathing inside the cockpit.
>
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