I think I'm going to sound simplistic and naive, here, but... I'm into folding kayaks. Not much sea-time, yet, but that will change this year. At the moment I have a Klepper double, which I understand to be considered "unrollable". I'll probably get a smaller folder for solo use sometime in the future, but I will also probably continue to use the Klepper in the sea-- so this applies to both of the above possibilities. I'm trying to get at: I don't how to roll, and I don't anticipate being in a boat that can be rolled. How much of a safety margin am I missing out on? As most of us know, Klepper doubles and other folding kayaks have a long and distinguished record of open-water use. The party-line in the folder community seems to be that foldables are so stable and magical that they don't need to be able to roll (and the image of the sailboat doing a roll in "The Perfect Storm" swims into my head...). Regardless of the responses to this, I am planning to take the BCU 2-star sea kayaking course this summer, before getting out on any open water-- even though I still don't expect to be able to roll my Klepper after the course. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
At 09:07 PM 2/5/2004 -0800, chrstjrn-11113745_at_mailblocks.com wrote: >Regardless of the responses to this, I am planning to take the BCU 2-star >sea kayaking course this summer, before getting out on any open water-- >even though I still don't expect to be able to roll my Klepper after the >course. Just so you don't get your expectations up, the BCU 2-star course won't teach you how to roll, nor are you tested on rolling. Even at the 3-star level the training won't include instructions on rolling and the assessment requires you to "demonstrate the beginnings of the ability to roll". *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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