4/12/08 No not actual surf boat surfing, just sorta pretend. Ken hadn't been out in his Wold Death surf boat for a while and wanted to ease back into it. Not that there's any way to really ease into it--you really have to shoe-horn your way in. Anyway, we set off for the short paddle to Pirate's Cove for rolling practice. Ken had his new Superior GP to see how well it would roll his surf boat. I can still remember his first attempt to roll this boat last year-how he came up looking like a breaching whale, but everything came up fine today. Surf boat rolls seem to come up rather slowly, we decided, but we didn't have much problem. We switched paddles for a while, but Ken seems determined to use his GP in the surf to hopefully avoid any shoulder injuries in the future. The most fun on the day was when I convinced Ken to try an assisted reentry. He exited and although his boat lacks much in the way of deck rigging, I was able to get his boat emptied. With me holding on to his boat, he climbed over the bow of mine and tried to squeeze into his. We were both pretty much sinking throughout the endeavor, but we managed to get him back in. The water he took on while getting in made him too unstable and he quickly capsized after I let him free. I actually did this once in the surf with Duane's help and managed to continue surfing, but that's only because of my electric bilge pump and I can't seem to convince Ken he should get one! So after a quick upside down session, we were paddling back and deciding that even a short paddle in a short boat is quite a workout. Mark Sanders www.sandmarks.net *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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