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Re: Learing to Roll, want advice
Posted By: Mick In Response To: Learing to Roll, want advice *LINK* (Tom Tieman)
Date: Thursday, 6 December 2007, at 5:17 p.m.
My advice would be fix the boat first including foot-rest, knee-braces and a tight fitting seat + lower the seat-back if possible. Oh and buy a spray skirt. Good luck.
: I want to try to learn how to roll. I have an opportunity to use a pool on a
: weekly basis to learn to roll.: The boat I will be using is a 16' CLC with no foot, thigh or seat bracing, no
: spray skirt, almost no floatation, and a high seat back (about 3"
: above the rear deck). The rear hatch leaks.: When flooded, the bow of the boat remains above water because the forward
: baffle is too far forward. The rear bulkhead provides just enough
: floatation to keep the boat mutually buoyant.: My thought was, rather than fix the boat now; I'd practice rolling with the
: boat partially submerged. I tried this last weekend and thought I was
: getting some good experience with the under water portion of the roll, and
: even managed a complete c-c roll and a very desperate and ugly hand roll.
: As I get better, I could start with less water in the boat. Finally, after
: I think I can roll, I’d do the modifications to the boat before putting it
: in the ocean.: I have read that it is better to practice the hip snap before attempting the
: other parts of the roll.: Is practicing in a submerged kayak helping or hurting?
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