The final wet training session of the year! Where has the time gone?
The session was very much about having fun rather than following a syllabus. We had an all in 18 paddler rescue. I finally managed a cowboy self rescue, which I hear vaguely resembles an aquatic version of a bear on a bicycle. I won't be using that as a real time rescue technique just yet. I use more energy getting back in than I would doing 10 of any other type of rescue I can do. I did several re-entry rolls and it started to feel more technique less brute force. The Kodiak has an enormous cockpit volume, but even so I found it easy to paddle flooded. I'll pack out as much of the cockpit as practical with foam and that should make a huge difference.
The session was very much about having fun rather than following a syllabus. We had an all in 18 paddler rescue. I finally managed a cowboy self rescue, which I hear vaguely resembles an aquatic version of a bear on a bicycle. I won't be using that as a real time rescue technique just yet. I use more energy getting back in than I would doing 10 of any other type of rescue I can do. I did several re-entry rolls and it started to feel more technique less brute force. The Kodiak has an enormous cockpit volume, but even so I found it easy to paddle flooded. I'll pack out as much of the cockpit as practical with foam and that should make a huge difference.
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