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Re: rolling and beam winds
Posted By: Nick Schade In Response To: rolling and beam winds (risto lappalainen)
Date: Friday, 8 September 2000, at 8:53 a.m.
The best way to roll is whatever works. It will be easier to roll up on the windward side for all the same reasons you want to brace on that side. The wind will be pushing you down wind, as you roll up on the windward side the moving water will support the underside of your paddle, thus helping your brace where on the leeward side the water pushes down on the top of your paddle. Since the waves usually moving in the same direction as the waves, rolling up on the windward side will put you in good position to deal with the waves.
But, you often end up confused as to which side is the windward side after you flip over. Instead of trying to figure out which side is better, you should set up and attempt a roll on which ever side you are more comfortable with. If this roll fails, you are typically set up fairly well to attempt the other side.
: I'd like to ask about an aspect of rolling that only occurred to me quite
: recently: As everybody knows, when bracing at sea one does well to brace
: on the up-wind side to get the best support from the crests that hit one's
: kayak, and from the up surge behind them. Doing the opposite easily
: results in a quick capsize.: But how about rolling? How much difference will this make? Coming up from the
: side of the wind means the wind (and the waves) are with you in the
: rolling motion, and not pushing you back down. Also, once upright, you
: will have your paddle on the good bracing side, possibly fully extended if
: this is how you rolled - a very good thing indeed. The opposite would be
: quite a precarious situation.: I guess the problem would boil down to the following: "having capsized
: in a high beam wind, should the paddler try to roll up on his better side
: regardless, or should he roll on his weaker side instead, if this would
: bring him up with the wind assisting him?": I am assuming lets say 2 to 4 foot choppy, steep waves and a strong, rising
: wind - something one would encounter on a larger lake or in the
: semi-sheltered waters of a costline strewn with many islands.: It would be interesting to hear any opinions on this.
: Risto Lappalainen
: Tapiola, Finland
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