Jim Farrelly wrote: > "In terms of a self rescue, I think the roll is a fairly unrealistic > response to many capsizesif youre tipping over by fluke in flatwater > conditions, you probably arent gripping the kayak tightly enough with > your knees to stay in and roll back up. In other words, if you learned a bit of rolling but not enough to do it reliably, it's not useful. If you don't learn to hold a paddle, paddling's not much of an option either. I agree with Rob - if you remove "sea", the expectation of a good roll is there. The fact that sea kayakers don't learn to roll in large number is not a reason not to learn or to downplay the value of rolling. Mike *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Oct 05 2006 - 15:17:02 PDT
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