[Paddlewise] Cromwell's Roll or the "Cromroll" as it's known locally (Seattle)

somebody said:
>>>>>>Mike you wrote about Jack Elliot's Alternative Rolling technique- it
sounded
> interesting.  Could you give a little more details on the paddle placement
and
> how/where the paddle shaft was grabbed to effect the roll.  If it is as
good as you said
> we should all have this one in our repetoire.  Anyway it sounded neat.

First point - it only works with unfeathered paddles.  In a feathered
paddle, one
blade won't fit under the coaming or alternatively, won't lie on the water
surface.<<<<<<

To give credit where it is due, this rescue was developed and the article
written about it in Sea Kayaker was by Tom Cromwell (a member of paddlewise
most known for occasional short sarcastic remarks). The paddle tip does
leave a lot of scratches in your gelcoat and a wide low coaming rim could
break the paddle tip so check out that possibility before trying it.

Matt Broze
http://www.marinerkayaks.com



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