Gordon Snapp wrote: > > One thing concerns me. If I have a seat back tall enough for me to paddle in > comfort, will it make it excessively difficult for me to roll my boat? > I have always paddled boats with solid backrests: An Oldtown Loon, a Prijon Seayak, and now an Oasis Rainbow where I molded my own backrest out of Lexan. I am flexible enough to be able to lean back, all the way to the deck, so for me it's not a problem. But if it is for you, why not learn to roll ending in a forward position, like most white water paddlers do? Or put a little more force on the paddle, and end up sitting straight? It IS possible to roll a boat in which you can't lean back. However, I suggest you borrow a small white water boat to learn your first roll, then move up to more difficult boats. On a typical day of kayakking you might spend 8 hours sitting in the boat and 10 seconds rolling it. In what position do you want to be the most comfortable? Niels. *************************************************************************** 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 Sat Jan 18 2003 - 13:51:02 PST
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Thu Aug 21 2025 - 16:31:03 PDT