G'Day, Postscript - I sent my last reply before reading the latest Paddlewise digest and seeing all the questions - not used to telephone modems yet! Thanks for all the responses - here are the replies: - Doug' wrote: > A reliable Reentry and Rolls in real-world > conditions is the sum of many parts. You > can't break it down and say this or that is > the most important part. ................ > You can see the set-up I use at my > Nordkapp page, along with some other photos: Doug, Thanks - I'll certainly check it out. I guess the learning of techniques starts in pieces which become, integrated with time - I sure hope this applies to older paddlers like me! Thomas Cromwell wrote: > I hook the front of the spray skirt on without > completely sealing the cockpit. It cuts the > amount of water in the boat to a manageable level. Thomas, This sounds doable! Sounds good! Colin Calder wrote: > if you can roll a boat with water in it i.e. > re-enter roll, then you can brace and paddle a boat > with water in it. Colin, I paddle a small cockpit boat, with a handpump and an electric pump, but as you suggest will try switching it on while submerged. Paddling a cockpit full of water in rough conditions sounds like a highly worthwhile exercise (with a friend nearby). I've capsized in conditions where there was no easy route to safety and the chop was very severe for a novice. It wasn't obvious to me that my ability to reenter and roll was consistent with an ability to brace with a cockpit full of water in conditions a novice (me) would consider rough (3 to 4 feet chop coming every which way and a 20 knot wind). If I had been in a Klepper foldable these conditions would not have concerned me a bit! Jed wrote: - > Peter, is this the same thing you were talking about? Jed, Yes my technique sounds the same as yours - but I'm going to work on the bombproof roll you recommend. Occasionally have had to make three roll attempts before getting up! HipFlick HipFlick HipFlick! Patrick Maun wrote: - > I'm confused here. Why exactly do you need to catch a breath > from the cockpit? Can't you just breath normally before > starting the reenter? Big waves, wind? ..................... > Always check your paddle position before you get in the > boat, I have had to roll too many times with an upside down, > non-powerface etc paddle. Patrick, Just as you sometimes used to get into the boat with the paddle backwards, sometimes I used to try to get in the boat facing forwards. The breathing time allows me to check orientation, an expert probably wouldn't do this. (By the way a local paddler stayed in this mode once to protect himself from very severe hail.) Ralph Diaz wrote: - > In almost every case back then, the reentry/rollers kept > the kayak totally cockpit down and somersaulted in and > attached the spray skirt before finally coming up. Ralph, your description is my Eldorado and I can do everything except get the spray skirt on. Haven't attempted this yet, but lots of hints from Paddlewise. Once I can do this and pass my sea proficiency then I'll try it on a Kepper Aerius, for fun! By comparison I've watched people reenter hardshell boats on their side and it looks difficult and clumsy. *************************************************************************** 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 Mar 08 2001 - 02:53:38 PST
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