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Re: Psychology of rolling?
Posted By: Therese In Response To: Re: Psychology of rolling? (risto)
Date: Wednesday, 29 November 2000, at 9:54 a.m.
Risto,
I found your following comment about rolling a kayak to be intresting:
: Its very easy to get discouraged if one makes the first attempts in a boat
: that needs to be "vaulted" over initial resistance, and thus
: gets slammed back in the water every time!I am new to kayaking, started paddling in June. I started in nov of 99 by emptying 3 librarys in the area of all their kayak books to study the subject.
I decided to purchase a Feathercraft K-Light. My search for an instructor
ended with a fellow 1 1/2 hrs away from me, who when I talked to him on the
phone never heard of a Feathercraft. I am told he teaches rolling in his
back yard in a pond, I havn't gone to see him or learned how to roll.
I did find a youth group that offered an intro to kayaking class (they
let me come along even thou i am 45 yrs old) and i learned how to wet exit and
entry. I folded up my kayak and packed him in his bag for now because i
don't have cold weather paddling gear (who knows what the holiday will bring).
I spent my first season just paddling allowing the idea of rolling to go
by the wayside. Although I will spend some days just exploring, I find when
I get in a kayak I just want to go... if I don't spend at least 3 hours
paddling almost non stop (pausing to drink water) I feel like I have not
paddled at all. So now that I have spent time paddling my brains out, I
am begining to once again think about learing how to roll next summer.Here is my question to you and others on this board: somewhere in my readings
or talking to someone (I can't remember where) I was given the impression
that a Feathercraft would be a harder kayak to roll because of the internal
sponsons. When you say that some kayaks need to be "vaulted" over initial
resistance would this include my Feathercraft ?Thank You for your assistance
Therese
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