From: "al.m" <al.m_at_3web.net> > > Kahuna is stable enough for me. [snip] I can re-enter in reasonably > > calm water without a paddle float. > > > > There are professional rope-walkers, you know :-).... Of course it's > technically doable. Well, it is not as rare as rope walkers at all. And a lot more than just technically feasible. I have seen many dozens of paddlers reenter the K-Light (the predecessor to the Kahuna and not as stable as the Kahuna) without paddle floats in bumpy waters off of Pier 26 and Pier 40 in the Hudson. The bumpy waters involve constant wakes coming in from ferries and weekend recreational boats roaring by just beyond the pier ends and the wakes rebounding off the solid seawalls of Manhattan. It is not small lake calm at all. The individuals doing this exercise range from extremely agile types to quite clumsy ones. Varying techniques as well from cowboy style over the stern and scoothing up to the cockpit to coming in from the side at an angle to the cockpit and getting their chests on to the rear deck, i.e. not dissimilar to the classic position in a paddlefloat rescue. Again, all without paddle floats. ralph diaz-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** 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 Mar 01 2003 - 06:38:12 PST
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