Hi Steve, Thanks for the details. For myself, I favor longer paddles for the added turning leverage in rough-pushy conditions and the superior bracing it gives me in such conditions. Too bad he never learned how low impact a good back deck roll can be. I'm 65. When I took up white water kayaking in about 1975, I had real fear of having to swim big white water and having to depend on others to capture my gear. I worked hard to develop a no-fail roll. If I were just starting today--hard to say how it would go. In retrospect- the skill of the instructor is at least as important as the determination of the student. When I and my friends learned, a bunch of us went out to the local lake several times a week after work to do nothing but practice rolling. A reentry and roll with a paddle float is stunningly easy with the important added advantage that the paddle and float is an instant outrigger once the paddler is upright. In the discussions that have followed Mr. Goodman's death, I really like the idea of attaching an outdated drivers license to one's PFD. I'll add that to my cold water boating lectures. We need diagrams and descriptions of HOW folks attach their stuff to their pfds. Thanks for the information. Chuck Sutherland *************************************************************************** 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 Sun Mar 18 2007 - 16:14:47 PDT
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