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Re: How do you pull into an eddy without a sweep stroke and diff btwn c to c roll and sweep roll boofles New
Re: by taking forward strokes with your bow facing into the eddy................ Terrell New
Re: river right....don't you mean 2 or 3 o'clock? <NT> DangerJudy New
Re: The put in is 12 O'Clock, the take out is 6 O' Clock.  9 is straight right and 3 is straight left paddling sideways..... Terrell New
Date: Jul 09 2008, 15:33 GMT
From: RacIVRnr

	This sounds like what was described to me as "Western Style" or "Big Water Style" or "Side-Saddle" boating . . . keeping the boat more-or-less perpendicular to the flow, facing either shore rather than facing downstream. The (supposed) advantage is that you can accelerate (either forwards or backwards) quickly to maneuver around big holes. The idea is that (if your boat is pointed straight (or more straight) downstream, the tendency is to just accelerate INTO the feature, rather than AROUND it. It is a style which is much less prevalent on smaller, rockier rivers.

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I use it all the time and teach it in my classes.  It allows the student to manuever much better in pushy............. Terrell New

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