Thanks Bob, >As you edge, rotate your body toward the direction of your intended turn >(toward the high knee). >At the same time, lean slightly forward. >Also, cock your head toward your high knee -- in other words, over the >boat's center of gravity That was exactly the kind of info I was looking for. You also wrote: > > It could just be that in the waves I am just too tense to > > get even the small heel that I get on flat water. > You can address that universal tenseness with the following exercise: > > Imagine an "edging scale" from 0 to 5, with 0 being upright and 5 being just > short of the tipping point. > > Now, call out a number to yourself and edge to that point. Vary the > positions, from easy to squirrely and back again. Stay comfortable, but > through repetition get CONSISTENT in hitting your marks and being STABLE in > those positions. (Don't rush this: consistency is the key). Advance at a > comfortable pace. > One of the problems I am having is that when I edge I feel like I can only get to about 3.5 and then despite physically straining with knee lift and side bend the kayak will not heel any further. I am not close to tipping, I just can not make the kayak heel over further. To even get close to the tipping point I have to come out of the "J" position and start leaning out. Once I come out of the "J" and start to lean I feel like I go very quickly from the 3.5 point to the 5 point even though the kayak does not change heel angle very much. What I wanted was to be able to get to that 5 point (or at least closer to it) while still in the "J" position. Is that an unrealistic expectation? Mark J. Arnold *************************************************************************** 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 Mar 27 2003 - 20:17:18 PST
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