I haven't learned to roll as I paddle a Sit-On-Top, but they can be rolled. When I was taking a SOT class with my first boat, a Cobra Explorer, 31 inches wide, the instructor asked me to trade boats for minute. He then tucked his knees under my knee straps and rolled it 6 times with no perceptible problem. Then he stood up in the boat for about 30 sedonds before falling out. Obviously if you have a really good roll it can be done in all kinds of boats. If the roll is shaky, practice until it's excellent, otherwise don't depend on being able to roll. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Flory, San Jose, CA. daflory_at_pacbell.net Go Sea Kayaking!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Speak softly and study Aikido, then you won't need a big stick. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** 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 Jul 25 2002 - 16:47:47 PDT
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