Peter O wrote: > Larry Gray taught us how to turn our boats back into the > waves within 2 or 3 seconds of being knocked sideways without > getting out of the kayak. The method is carried out while the > boat is partly on the sand, and partly in the water. Peter, This is pretty much the technique we also use. It seems that this is a fairly common problem when launching through dumping waves here. The problem this day, was that as soon as we started to float, the boats would be turned sideways. It happened, just as we started paddling. The rip was extremely strong and ran a full 90 degrees from the direction of the waves. There really wasn't much time between the waves so we wound up just turning with alternating sweep strokes or as one paddler did, just launch backwards. Fortunately, our beaches are mostly sand so we don't have the problem of tearing the gel coat up on the side of the boat while turning. Steve Holtzman Southern Calif *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Nov 10 2006 - 11:28:08 PST
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