07-19-2014, 01:57 PM
Lean downstream.
If you get into a bad place, like about to broadside a rock, lean downstream, towards the rock, not away as instinct will have you.
This lifts the upstream edge of the boat and allows the water to flow under it, in most cases the boat will pivot around the rock and drift on. If you lean away from the rock, the upstream edge of the boat will dip under water, the boat will fill and wrap around the rock, sometimes splitting the boat in half.
Keep centered up for a straight drift. If you lean to one side or the other, that edge will cause the boat to turn.
Lift the anchor up into the boat if you are not using it. No need to cut loose a $30 anchor, just let a little line out and set the anchor on the bottom of the boat until you are going to use it.
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If you get into a bad place, like about to broadside a rock, lean downstream, towards the rock, not away as instinct will have you.
This lifts the upstream edge of the boat and allows the water to flow under it, in most cases the boat will pivot around the rock and drift on. If you lean away from the rock, the upstream edge of the boat will dip under water, the boat will fill and wrap around the rock, sometimes splitting the boat in half.
Keep centered up for a straight drift. If you lean to one side or the other, that edge will cause the boat to turn.
Lift the anchor up into the boat if you are not using it. No need to cut loose a $30 anchor, just let a little line out and set the anchor on the bottom of the boat until you are going to use it.
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