Doug Lloyd wrote: - >Buckling is mitigated with truly adequate >seam reinforcing, all things being equal. Matt broze asked: - >Just what boat did someone say has ends turned >up enough to act as a roll-bar? G'Day, That was myself Matt and the boat was a Pittarak. I remarked "On a couple of occasions, through lack of care and attention, I've been trashed and rolled amongst rocks or at the beach edge and wondering why on earth I hadn't broken my neck or severely bruised my back. My boat has an markedly upturned stern and bow and I think they have acted in the same way a roll bar does on a car. It wasn't designed for this purpose but I'm very glad its there, but it won't always save the day!" So it seemed to me that in a couple of accidents the "markedly upturned stern and bow" protected my back and neck. I can't think of any other explanation. Also I'm thin, which would have helped. But hopefully its clear that I don't imagine it will always work. Nor will I deliberately put it to the test. Doug's comment applied to my boat, the seams did require minor repairs after those accidents, though the damage wasn't drastic. Most of the waves I practice in are about 3 or 4 feet and seem to be OK for the back paddling technique described by Mary Zuschlag. I try to avoid anything much bigger. I had to be asked not to use the back paddling method for repeatedly landing through 3 to 4 foot surf during a sea proficiency test. The examiners wanted to test my ability to surf (which wasn't all that good). I'ld be interested in learning how to control a side surfing kayak so that it could land near a predetermined point on a beach? All the best, PeterO *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Mar 19 2003 - 03:22:39 PST
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