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From: Bill Hansen <bhansen2_at_twcny.rr.com>
subject: [Paddlewise] no rescues needed?
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 11:48:29 -0500
Scott writes:
	<<I don't capsize. So I don't need to know any rescues. If you are having 
a problem with capsizing then perhaps
	you need to work a lot harder on bracing, and reassessing the conditions 
you paddle in.>>

I think Scott is trolling a bit, so I'll rise to his bait. Tom Bergh says 
"There are only two kinds of kayakers - those who have swum, and those who 
will".

I believe Tom Bergh.

Bill Hansen

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From: Marinell <marinell3_at_home.com>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] no rescues needed?
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 16:23:23 -0500
> Scott writes:
> <<I don't capsize. So I don't need to know any rescues. If you are having
> a problem with capsizing then perhaps
> you need to work a lot harder on bracing, and reassessing the conditions
> you paddle in.>>
>
==============================
I do capsize occasionally.  When I reassess the conditions I paddle in, I
decide I'd do it again.
A paddlefloat would not help.  I should learn to roll and roll before I go
under.  See:
http://marinell.server101.com/log.htm


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