And of course the primary reason that sponsons should not be used is that the most effective way to deal with a capsize is to stay in the boat, roll up, and continue paddling, rather than leaving the boat and risk drowning, not being able to re-enter, etc. Sponsons make rolling up more difficult. With regard to inexerienced paddlers, one would expect that sponsons would be the straw that breaks the camel's back when attempting to roll up in rough conditions. Check out Rich Kulawiek's post as to why sponsons are completely useless to white water paddlers. Those very same reasons apply to sea kayaking because there is no difference between white water kayaking and sea kayaking in rough conditions in which capsize is possible. Cheers, Richard Culpeper *************************************************************************** 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 Oct 31 2002 - 16:35:17 PST
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