[Paddlewise] "Sea Kayak Rescue" and rolls

Steve wrote:
"If you're looking for some other real good safety books, check out "Sea
Kayak Rescue" by Roger Schumann & Jan Shriner"
This is a great book. Everything is well explained. The voice of real-life
experience shines through. But I feel it has a curious under-emphasis on
rolling, the best recovery skill. Perhaps Roger and Jan will get around to
writing another excellent book just devoted to rolling.
The one book I've read devoted solely to rolling, "The Bombproof Roll and
Beyond" by Steve Dutky, is written from a white water perspective. Is Derek
Hutchinson's book on rolling worth acquiring and reading as well?
Maybe a Greenlander could write something that explains rolling and all
those capsize manoeuvres listed at
http://www.magicnet.net/~gstamer/rolls.html. How many of these things are
possible in a boat that is not extra low volume and specially built for a
rolling competition?
Lately, I have followed Doug Alderson's article in Sea Kayaker, and managed
a few vertical storm rolls, at least on one side. It has at least one use,
checking out if there are any sunken snags before rolling! It has a very
different feel from rolls with the blade at the surface. Great fun.
Peter Treby.
Melbourne, Australia.
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