At 08:09 PM 4/16/01 -0700, Kathea and Ken wrote: > I'm curious: How do the rest of you sit up from an in-the-water > scull? I >sweep forward and follow with my body, then sweep back and roll up on the rear >deck. That's more or less how I do it. Or at least, that is what I was trying to show Bob and Joan Volin when I was coming up from a deep sculling brace at the Florida paddling get-together in February. Maybe I was tired, or maybe my knee slipped from the thigh brace, or maybe I lifted my head, but I didn't come all the way up and fell back over. I took my time and made my roll so it wasn't *too* embarassing. >I have to push down a little bit with my paddle as I come up on the >deck. It is very secure, but I don't quite like having to push down that >little bit. When I roll I don't have to push down. The difference is that >when I roll the boat is upside down until I snap it up, and then it pulls me >after it. When I scull, I hold the boat semi-upright, so at the end of the >scull I have to get back on the boat without that helpful rotational momentum. I've been working on bringing the boat onto it's side with my hips before I start my sweep when I roll and I'm finding it much easier than trying to roll up when the boat is completely inverted. *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Apr 17 2001 - 10:06:28 PDT
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