Hi Alex, In my original post, I am coming up over the cockpit and going no further back onto the rear deck than is necessary to get my feet into the cockpit. It don't tie the paddle shaft in place behind the cockpit rim because I don't want a wave to jerk the paddlefloat up at the same time another wave or my weight might be driving the floatside gunwale in the other direction. I don't want a busted paddle shaft. I can hold it in place well enough by hand. Some people are less able to launch themselves up over the cockpit from the water. In that case, if they get Behind the paddle, so they are coming up onto the rear deck, their weight will be supported by only the stern half of the boat. The stern will sink a little deeper under their weight allowing them to more easily get their torso onto the rear deck. Then they turn their feet and legs toward the bow, kiss the rudder as subsequently mentioned, and then back into the cockpit. I think the second approach would require more time and effort working through position changes on the deck with more chance of seeing the GOLDEN ARCH. That's my interpretation... Hope it's right! Chuck Sutherland *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Mar 07 2002 - 13:09:20 PST
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