I've only capsized once when I wasn't expecting it. It was during the first cold water immersion excursion of the Inland Sea Kayakers club. We we playing around on Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis in April, and a strong northerly wind made the air colder than the water. One kayaker had deliberately capsized for rescue practice and, being just about the closest kayaker to him, I was edging my boat for a sweep turn in his direction when another kayak ran into my kayak on the other side. Overbalanced, I immediately went over, but just as immediately I rolled back up and continued over to the rescuee. I was a bit surprised to discover that rolling back up took no thought at all; I just did it. Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** 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 Jan 25 2008 - 10:19:59 PST
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