Re: [Paddlewise] maiden voyage with vertigo & sculling braces

From: Dennis, Becky & Natalie <arebecca1_at_qwest.net>
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 20:18:03 -0500
Kathea and Ken wrote:

>  <   I'm curious:  How do the rest of you sit up from an in-the-water scull?
> Has anyone found a way to get some of that same cocking
> effect that one gets from doing a roll, into the finish of the sculling brace?
> (My boat has quite a bit of volume, this is not one of those low rear deck
> Greenland types.)>

Ken:  I know just what you mean.  Only by bringing the boat back over my hips
(nearly fully upside-down), while maintaining the scull and body ("C")position,
can I get the momentum and "cocking effect" you describe.

Dennis Asmussen
St. Paul



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