>I think you are assisted by the movement of the boat, not water movement. >Doesn't the water in a wave move in a circular motion so once in the wave if >you put your paddle out towards the shore the water drags it down and if you >put it into the direction of the oncoming wave it drags you up (sometimes). >Don't really think its the boat movement particularly. PeterO: I suppose there are two situations: 1. You are upside down and broached, and the boat is being pushed shoreward by the soup. In that situation, I think the boat movement relative to the water is what helps the roll. 2. You are upside down, and an unbroken wave passes through. The up and down, and small circular motion of the water occurs. I don't know whether this does much to help a roll, but I haven't experienced it doing much. >The same effect should occur even if you weren't in a boat. Now let's see, you are head down, out of your boat, you hold your paddle blade out to sea, and .... Cheers, PT *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Sep 16 2003 - 14:10:39 PDT
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