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Re: Launching: New build- Low deck S&G / Strip hyb
By:Mike Bielski
Date: 1/28/2012, 12:22 am
In Response To: Re: Launching: New build- Low deck S&G / Strip hyb (John Abercrombie)

: I was practicing 'balance bracing' and the boat seems pretty happy
: to sit on its edge/side, which is something I wanted. Sweeping
: back up to a layback on the back deck was quite straightforward,
: but that's a long way from rolling.

It's not a long way off. It's the first step, and the hardest one. From there go to sculling for support. When you can do sculling for support you tuck toward the deck and you will capsize. Once upside down you simply unfold and go back to the sculling for support position. You'll find that as you unfold from your tuck, you float back into the sculling for support position. I know you can do the same from the balance brace position, but that's not the way I learned. The next step is to capsize on the opposite side and come up without stopping at sculling for support. This is the progression they traditionally teach it in Greenland.

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Launching: New build- Low deck S&G / Strip hybrid *PIC*
John Abercrombie -- 1/27/2012, 6:16 pm
Re: Launching: New build- Low deck S&G / Strip hyb *PIC*
John Abercrombie -- 1/27/2012, 6:17 pm
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John Abercrombie -- 1/27/2012, 6:28 pm
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StephenHJ -- 1/28/2012, 11:13 pm
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John Abercrombie -- 1/29/2012, 12:43 pm
Re: Launching: New build- Low deck S&G / Strip hyb
StephenHJ -- 1/30/2012, 3:28 pm
Re: Launching: New build- Low deck S&G / Strip hyb *PIC*
John Abercrombie -- 1/30/2012, 4:31 pm
Re: Launching: New build- Low deck S&G / Strip hyb *PIC*
John Abercrombie -- 1/30/2012, 4:36 pm
Re: Launching: New build- Low deck S&G / Strip hyb
george jung -- 1/27/2012, 6:20 pm
Re: Launching: New build- Low deck S&G / Strip hyb
John Abercrombie -- 1/27/2012, 6:40 pm
Re: Launching: New build- Low deck S&G / Strip hyb
Kurt Maurer -- 1/27/2012, 6:59 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 1/27/2012, 9:10 pm
Re: Launching: New build- Low deck S&G / Strip hyb
John Abercrombie -- 1/27/2012, 10:52 pm
Re: Launching: New build- Low deck S&G / Strip hyb
Mike Bielski -- 1/28/2012, 12:22 am
Re: Launching: New build- Low deck S&G / Strip hyb
Bryan Hansel -- 1/29/2012, 9:14 pm
Re: Launching: New build- Low deck S&G / Strip hyb
John Abercrombie -- 1/30/2012, 3:25 am
Re: Launching: New build- Low deck S&G / Strip hyb
Bob Johns -- 1/30/2012, 6:29 am
Re: Launching: New build- Low deck S&G / Strip hyb
Mike Bielski -- 1/30/2012, 10:12 am