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Re: Other: kayaker hit by speed boat.
By:Shark Bait
Date: 8/31/2010, 10:03 am
In Response To: Other: kayaker hit by speed boat. (dave g)

A lot of times you are just paddling into your path and must paddle further across their path to get to the other side and be avoided.

Learn to paddle backwards. Sorry, but I cannot remember where I learned this, try Google, but it is essential in the surf zone and I use it all the time.

Basically, lean back and then reach further back to place your paddle in the water. Your paddle is more flat like a support stroke rather than a sweep stroke. Lean to that side and put all your weight on the paddle and pull it through to the front. Repeat from side to side until you are out of the way or they have hit you.

I use this all the time while surfing my eighteen foot sea kayak and find I accelerate quicker and reach a higher speed this way. It's actually easier to catch waves this way and surfing backwards is even more fun. Perhaps I should get a rear view mirror.

Shark

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Other: kayaker hit by speed boat.
dave g -- 8/29/2010, 4:16 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 8/31/2010, 11:40 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/1/2010, 8:13 am
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Will N To Go -- 9/1/2010, 8:31 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/2/2010, 2:38 am
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Will N To Go -- 9/3/2010, 7:29 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/4/2010, 1:49 am
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dave g -- 8/31/2010, 8:15 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 9/1/2010, 6:53 am
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Shark Bait -- 8/31/2010, 10:03 am
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Will N To Go -- 8/31/2010, 1:28 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 8/30/2010, 5:20 pm
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Michael -- 9/6/2010, 9:42 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/9/2010, 3:31 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 9/1/2010, 6:51 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 8/31/2010, 11:50 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/1/2010, 8:11 am
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Fred -- 9/1/2010, 8:18 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/1/2010, 8:28 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 8/31/2010, 9:11 am
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Kudzu -- 8/30/2010, 9:10 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/30/2010, 9:39 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 8/31/2010, 4:44 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/31/2010, 5:04 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/31/2010, 4:53 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 9/1/2010, 11:39 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/2/2010, 2:32 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/2/2010, 2:37 am
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Kudzu -- 8/30/2010, 7:51 am
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Mark Rakestraw -- 8/29/2010, 7:34 pm
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Eric -- 8/30/2010, 3:08 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/30/2010, 4:59 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/30/2010, 5:01 pm
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Eric -- 8/30/2010, 5:37 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/30/2010, 9:35 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 8/29/2010, 10:17 pm
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Will N to Go -- 8/30/2010, 12:25 am
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Mike Savage -- 8/30/2010, 7:32 am
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Al Edie -- 8/29/2010, 9:30 pm
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Alex Ferguson -- 8/30/2010, 6:53 am
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Al Edie -- 8/30/2010, 12:40 pm
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Kurt Maurer -- 8/29/2010, 6:39 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/30/2010, 12:42 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 8/31/2010, 11:42 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/1/2010, 8:08 am
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John lasky -- 8/31/2010, 11:16 am
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TheLuckyOne -- 8/31/2010, 7:10 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/1/2010, 8:07 am
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John lasky -- 9/1/2010, 9:08 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/1/2010, 9:14 am
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John lasky -- 9/1/2010, 2:55 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/31/2010, 2:46 pm
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John Caldeira -- 8/29/2010, 10:56 pm