Re: [Paddlewise] No rescues needed

From: Patrick Maun <patrick_at_patrickmaun.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 11:29:01 +0100
At Tuesday, 27 November 2001, "Jochen Grikschat" <grikschat_at_surfeu.
de> wrote:

>Yeah, thats my philosophy. Donīt capsize and you donīt need to re-
enter the
>kayak. No swim, no problem. Until now, Iīve never capsized on the 
sea. [SNIP]

Good philosophy, but reality can always rear its ugly head. I had 
never unintentially capsized in seven years of paddling until a few 
months ago. I was having boat problems and while leaning to compensate 
met with a wave. I was very suprised (and extremely angry) to find 
myself upside down (and I was having a really bad day), in fact I 
was so suprised that I blew my set up and and my roll and ended up 
bailing. No big deal but it did prove that even when you "never" 
capsize, you still can.

-Patrick






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