Subject: Re: [baidarka] In-Reply-To: <002001c1971a$be356a00$2a765ecf@leopard>
From: klemick@attbi.com
Date: Mon Jan 07 2002 - 17:19:26 EST
For what its worth, if the boat has too much boyancy or
is too high out of the water, flood it a bit more. This
will stabilize it and settle it a little. Pump it out
when you get back in the cockpit. Of course this only
works if you have good foatation fore and aft.
> See, I was trying to get onto the rear deck and then into the cockpit. That
> just turned out to be a lot of kayak to get under me. I think I'll get
> myself a paddle float before next weekend's practicing begins. and work on
> my rather rusty swimming.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Wayne Steffens <wsteffen@skypoint.com>
> To: <baidarka@paddlewise.net>
> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 8:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [baidarka] In-Reply-To:
> <002001c1971a$be356a00$2a765ecf@leopard>
>
>
> > At 05:28 PM 1/6/02 -0800, you wrote:
> > >Fourth time in the water today. Went to a relative's pool to try to
> figure
> > >out how to get back in after a wet exit. Starting with the fact that I
> was
> > >unaware she didn't have the heater on currently and ending with the
> Hooper
> > Bay
> > >sitting so high in the water etc. it was a disaster. Does anyone have
> any
> > >suggestions for reentry techniques for a boat like this? Starting the
> > >paddling jacket tonight so I'll be wanting to learn to roll next but I
> > figured
> > >the more techniques in my repertoire the better. Btw, awesome boat
> Wayne!
> >
> >
> > Thank you! What kinds of self rescue have you tried so far? Have you tried
> > doing a paddle-float reentry, or a paddle float reentry/roll? I dont know
> > how these would apply to a Hooper Bay, but they are often the easiest for
> > people to learn. Once you can do it with the float, then you start trying
> > without. You can probably roll the kayak with a paddle float on your first
> > try. The paddle float reentry (without roll) usually takes a little
> > practice, mostly to keep from capsizing on the opposite side once you
> crawl
> > up on the rear deck. Its also, in my opinion, one of the most useless
> > self-rescues except for practice, as its nearly impossible to do in the
> > kind of rough water conditions that are likely to make you tip in the
> first
> > place. the re-entry roll, with or without float, is in my opinion the best
> > or possibly only realistic self-rescue for real life deadly conditions
> >
> > Wayne
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