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Re: Launching: Spring Run Done!
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 5/26/2011, 7:21 am
In Response To: Re: Launching: Spring Run Done! (Allan)

: The way to make that technique work is to rest the paddle across
: the back of the cockpit rim and hook your thumbs over the paddle
: and your fingers under the cockpit. Rest the paddle blade on the
: bank or on the bottom and keep a bit of weight leaning to that
: side. You can do that with the kayak leaning over at quite an
: angle if there is no bank. You don't need any sense of balance
: at all to use that technique.

: On the other hand if you do have a sense of balance you can use the
: technique in knee deep water using just the flat blade in the
: water to stabilize the kayak.

: The same technique works for getting in and out.

What Allan said, thanks Allan.

Read you post Ian and was going to say exactly the same thing :)

Bill H.

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Launching: Spring Run Done! *PIC*
Ian Cummins -- 5/25/2011, 2:58 pm
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Ian Cummins -- 5/25/2011, 3:00 pm
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Ian Cummins -- 5/25/2011, 3:05 pm
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Al Edie -- 5/25/2011, 3:11 pm
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Farback -- 5/25/2011, 5:06 pm
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Clayton Plunkett -- 5/25/2011, 3:53 pm
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Kurt Maurer -- 5/25/2011, 7:48 pm
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Damian Wentzel -- 5/25/2011, 8:50 pm
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Ian Cummins -- 5/25/2011, 9:46 pm
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StephenHJ -- 5/26/2011, 12:02 pm
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Tim Sheehan -- 5/25/2011, 9:28 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/25/2011, 10:27 pm
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Ian Johnson -- 5/25/2011, 10:59 pm
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Allan -- 5/26/2011, 12:40 am
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Bill Hamm -- 5/26/2011, 7:21 am
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Allan -- 5/26/2011, 7:36 am
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Bill Hamm -- 5/26/2011, 7:46 am
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Mike Savage -- 5/26/2011, 8:45 am
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Ian Cummins -- 5/26/2011, 9:58 am
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Ian Johnson -- 5/25/2011, 11:01 pm
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Kevin McAtee -- 5/26/2011, 2:56 am
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Bob Beaullieu -- 5/26/2011, 8:37 am
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Sean Dawe -- 5/26/2011, 9:26 am
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John VanBuren -- 5/26/2011, 8:25 pm
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Allan -- 5/27/2011, 12:08 am
Re: Launching: Spring Run Done!
Ian Cummins -- 5/27/2011, 8:42 am