Rob, yeah, I tend to slow down my roll (sea kayak specific situations where below-surface obstructions are not present) in currents, or heavy wind/sea states. Often it's not the actual roll I slow down, but the orientation under water, either to aid rolling up up with the wave, roll up to be pre-braced into the wind, or whatever the hydraulics suggest. For fast-as-lightning rolls in rock gardens, for example, I always make sure I end with a brace and scull, usually with the paddle a bit forward so I can initiate a turn - which may be needed to avert further disaster. I should be back out on the water this winter. My valve specialist said today he's delaying surgery as I need managed, intigrated team surgery care for the next 25 years now that my assending aorta is turing into mushy toast. He's a paddler himself, and feels no one should have surgey just to be able to keep up a lifestyle that includes putting yourself in harms way all the time. So, I'm just going back to my old ways. If I croak in my crokies on the water, so be it. Doug Lloyd *************************************************************************** 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 Sat Sep 30 2006 - 09:10:08 PDT
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