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 *************************************************************************** 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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