This is not about what well trained canoeists can do. It is also not about what well trained kayakers can do. Most white water kayakers understand that they must learn to roll their boats. Some skilled canoeists may play the waves and holes. Most do not! And you can not say that most canoeists can roll their boats. Rolling is not a high priority for many sea kayakers, and that does put them at risk when they insist on using little short GO-FAST paddles before they have developed high grade paddling skills. I do agree with your basic premise. Use the hand paddles, go out in storms, don't bother with advanced boat handling skills. Do what suits you and pay up later. 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/ ***************************************************************************
On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:28 -0400, "skimmer" <skimmer_at_enter.net> wrote: > Rolling is not a high priority for many sea kayakers, and > that does put them at risk when they insist on using little short GO-FAST > paddles before they have developed high grade paddling skills. It seems like a good time to pitch changing craft. I now paddle a surf ski, almost all of the time. I greatly enjoy rolling. But with a surf ski if I fall off I simply climb back on and resume paddling. With the venturi bailers in the bottom of the footwells it takes under a minute to empty the footwells. I've timed my swim and remount, at 7 seconds it's slower than a roll, but much quicker than a wet exit followed by a pump out. For my boat of choice, go fast paddles are fine. Rolling is not necessary, or possible without additional straps. I would be surprised to see someone achieve a passable skill set on a surf ski without learning a remount... A surf ski is a good choice for a day boat. I haven't seen one that has any significant storage. Kirk -- Kirk Olsen *************************************************************************** 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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