Weekend, time off from the lefty insanity

Doing domestic duties today instead of my usual sunday routine. Tomorrow is Kayak Rolling Class!!!! Yay me!!!!

Since the class is only three hours long, but the drive is 3 hours one way, itsa goona be a loooonggggg day. And I plan on maximizing my experiance by taking at least 2 of my boats with me. Definitely the Pirouette because it was requested by the instructor. The Jefe, just cuz its to be my main WW boat. And I’m tossing around the idea of my longs. The new to me Vizcaya, or Serena. Since I’ll be hauling B’s boats as well, things might be cluttered on my beast, but why the hell not. Two middle aged men traveling 200 miles one way, loaded down with 5 kayaks, paddles, and wet gear,,, for a three hour class in an indoor pool

Anywhoos, I likely won’t post anything tomorrow. I will be taking some vid tomorrow, but uploading them takes forever and a day so they may show up late tomorrow or some-a-time Monday. I really want to show off finally hitting a roll; Rather tired of being a member of the kayak swim team.

And someone always asks “why roll? Just get a more stable boat,,,” weellllll, stability is a function with many many variables. The type of water, hull shape, and length of boat all come into play. I like boats that can handle waves and those tend to feel quite tippy in flat water. The ones that dont feel tippy on flat are not at all capable of handling the waters I get into, without toppling over. And their stability is a double edged sword: they don’t roll back up very easy. Being able to roll means you can get back into a controlled position without separating yourself from the boat and adding more complexity to a bad situation by doing so. I have also seen rolling as a way to get past the breakers to open water: a wave starts to break overhead, roll, and recover on the backside of the wave and keep paddling. You are gonna get wet either way, but why let the wave beat you to death when the hull can take the beating better than soft flesh and exposed cranium.

Even more important, it means being able to paddle year round with less worry of exposure to bad cold stuff. Still need proper wear items, but if you can stay IN the boat, you only need worry about one part of you getting wet and can focus more on enjoying things.