Peter Treby said: > I'm having a little trouble imagining the use of the Mexican > outrigger. > If the outrigger is in place, it will be hard to enter the > cockpit, as the paddle blade and shaft will obstruct entry? Peter, Rafael's technique is not for a paddlefloat re-entry. It could be used after a re-enter and paddlefloat roll, or you could use it after a standard re-enter and roll. Last week, several of my local club members and I took a guiding class from Wayne Horodowich. At the end of the day, after we were tired (try exhausted) and cold from all of the swimming and towing we did, we went to breakwater to practice solo re-entries in the reflected waves from the breakwater. The reflected waves coupled with the wind waves and swell from the afternoon winds, made for very challenging conditions. Rafael's technique could have been one method used to stabilize your boat while pumping. Steve Holtzman Southern CA *************************************************************************** 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 May 19 2004 - 20:05:57 PDT
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