I was wondering if anyone has any experience of double kayaks and techniques for handling heavy conditions and surf. I don't paddle a double, but I am trawling for information after a recent trip in which a double capsized in surf. So... Can you effect a quick self-rescue after a capsize in surf? How? Are techniques for breaking out or landing through surf any different than for a single? How do you handle a fully loaded double with just two paddlers? How do you handle a swamped double with just the crew? Is the extra speed of a double worth the extra trouble in rough conditions? What are the best arrangements for pumping out? I tend to think linking both cockpits by a tube, and having two independent electric pumps would be good. Any advice and comments welcome. Regards, Peter Treby 37º 42' S 145º 08' E *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
You might want to read Eric Stiller's Keep Australia on The Left which follows his and Tony Brown's 4,000 mile paddle from Sydney to Darwin. It involved constant surfing in a loaded Klepper double that basically was self-supported except for what they could forage in towns and markets along the way. His book is both an adventure tale as well as a virtual primer on expedition paddling a double in rough conditions. One could easily tear out the sections of discussion of gear, double surfing and rough water handling and rescue, etc. and make a darn good book on double's technique. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Treby" <ptreby_at_ozemail.com.au> To: "Paddlewise (E-mail)" <paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 7:28 PM Subject: [Paddlewise] Doubles > I was wondering if anyone has any experience of double kayaks and techniques > for handling heavy conditions and surf. > I don't paddle a double, but I am trawling for information after a recent > trip in which a double capsized in surf. So... > Can you effect a quick self-rescue after a capsize in surf? How? > Are techniques for breaking out or landing through surf any different than > for a single? > How do you handle a fully loaded double with just two paddlers? > How do you handle a swamped double with just the crew? > Is the extra speed of a double worth the extra trouble in rough conditions? > What are the best arrangements for pumping out? I tend to think linking > both cockpits by a tube, and having two independent electric pumps would be > good. > Any advice and comments welcome. > Regards, > Peter Treby > 37º 42' S 145º 08' E > > *************************************************************************** > 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/ > *************************************************************************** > *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
"You might want to read Eric Stiller's Keep Australia on The Left which follows his and Tony Brown's 4,000 mile paddle from Sydney to Darwin." Thanks Ralph, I've read this and enjoyed it a lot. A great trip and a great accomplishment. A little "Woody Allen" introspection by Eric seems the style. I'd like to read an account by Tony Brown of the same trip. The Klepper seemed to suffer a bit of a battering. I wondered as I read how other boats would have fared by comparison. Regards, Peter Treby 37º 42' S 145º 08' E *************************************************************************** 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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