I've used my new Eddyline Falcon 18 twice in the swimming pool, and once in a small lake, none of which seemed like an appropriate maiden voyage, so yesterday I went on an Easter paddle in Skagit Bay. I took in Hope and Skagit Islands, got into some boat wakes and tide rips, and thoroughly enjoyed my first real paddle in six months. I began the maiden voyage inauspiciously. I tried a roll, and, as soon as the cold water engulfed my head, I got vertigo. I've never had it happen before. (I always wear a light neoprene hood to protect me from cold shock.) I didn't lose my presence of mind, but I was sure weirded out. I rolled up, failed to stop at the top, and fell over to the other side. I caught myself on a brace, sculled a moment, and then managed to sit up and balance. I took a couple of breaths, and did several rolls on each side. No vertigo. Huh?! I almost bashed a rock as I was sprinting around the end of Hope Island. I saw a big salmon swimming half of its length out of the water as it chased something onto the beach on Skagit Island. I stopped and stretched my legs at the campsite on Skagit Island where my wife and I camped on our honeymoon. On the way back I wondered if I'd be able to find water deep enough to paddle through between two halves of a ridge that stretched across my path. I tentatively nosed into the gap, and then shot through at high speed as the flood tide took me through a fine, deep channel. For some reason I really got off on it. I did a bunch of rolls and sculling braces, and really enjoyed my new boat, and the custom cockpit I made for it. It was a very gratifying evening. 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. 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'm getting a little body english by going forward and then back, but not as much as a roll. 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 Rasmussen *************************************************************************** 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 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/ ***************************************************************************
In a message dated 4/17/01 3:20:41 AM, kayakfit_at_fidalgo.net writes: << I took a couple of breaths, and did several rolls on each side. No vertigo. Huh?! >> I'd venture a guess of tension. I haven't had it quite that bad but I was trying my first rollin really cold water, with my drysuit. I had never tried rolling in really cold water and was particularly afraid of the ice cream headache. After that first one I felt fine but that first one made me feel dizzy for a moment. Have fun in the new boat. It's always so nice when the investment of time and money feels well spent. Joan Spinner *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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 *************************************************************************** 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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