> 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. Thanks, it's clearer now. My boat doesn't have thigh brace flaps, so I'll have to have another try at this just jamming the blade end of the paddle under the deck. The post about putting a foam paddlefloat on underwater and rolling was also interesting, although the address cited should be www.paddlefloats.com. I find rolling with an inflatable paddlefloat without a paddle to be reasonably straightforward, so I'll now try with this sewn together flat foam float. It should be possible to yank the thing off the deck and roll just with it, by-passing putting it on the paddle. In a pool practice situation, I sometimes roll using a 2 litre plastic bottle, which is perhaps the modern equivalent of an inflated seal stomach. Certainly plastic ends up inside seal stomachs, killing them. I think attaching paddlefloat outriggers to a boat and pumping out with a hand pump is less useful than a hands-free pump in anything but flat water. Hand pumps get water out quicker than foot and electric pumps, but unfortunately, you need both hands to use them. I like my hands on the paddle. What proportion of active sea kayakers in North America would use hands-free pumps, as against hand pumps? > ...guiding class from Wayne Horodowich. ... practice solo re-entries ... very challenging conditions... Rafael's technique could have been used to stabilize ...while pumping. What do you actually use to stabilise, if you hand pump? 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 Wed May 19 2004 - 20:46:07 PDT
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