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Don't quite get that Gnarly. A seal launch for us is being lifted off the rocks and taken out by a swell.....
How do you seal launch from a beach?
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 Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 5:31 am
Don't quite get that Gnarly. A seal launch for us is being lifted off the rocks and taken out by a swell..... How do you seal launch from a beach? Geoff |
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 1:04 pm
Geoff, I hear the local instructors call it seal launch, so I just thought that's what it is called.
I mean: on the shoreline, in the surf zone, where the waves wash up on the beach, I hop in the kayak, spray deck myself up, and then wait for a wave to get under my hull. Most times a bit of a scoot along the beach with my knuckles is necessary and often maybe a bit of a push with my paddle. What do you guys call that in Tassie?
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 4:28 pm
Gday Gnarly
When I bumped into you guys on Saturday morning in the passage you asked how bad the mossies might be at Limepocket.I would guess as it tuned out the rain probably drowned them!! Chris |
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 4:30 pm
Its called a seal launch were i come from. Might be a Qld thing.
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 5:03 pm
Chris,
rain? what rain? 
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 11:25 pm
Gotta agree with Geoff. A seal launch has always been exactly as he explained it and there is usually a drop involved if you are too impatient to wait for a wave. It can even be off a jetty, a pontoon or even a river bank which can be a bit of fun in a Mirage with that rudder setup.
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 10:23 am
Hi Gnarly,
That's a beach launch mate. Seal launches (and landings) are really best avoided if possible, there is a lot of potential for damage to kayak and body. You saw a good example of it on Larry Gray's "Skinning Chickens" at the Rock n Roll. Geoff |
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 10:30 am
At last, we tackle the big issues....the seal launch! I always thought the transition from the hard stuff to the wet stuff while in one's boat was a seal launch. Clearly I stand corrected, however this does raise a number of questions? Is a rocky beach a seal or beach launch? What if there is no swell? What if there is swell but no rocks? What if a seal launches from the beach? Is that a seal launch? I'm going to lie down now, I feel tired GR |
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 11:21 am
Geoff,
thank you for educating me and clearing the misused term "seal launch" Gray Raider has some valid points: what if the seal launches from the beach? I will use the term "beach launch" so I won't cause any unnecessary grief with some paddlers (GAZ01 reply that was deleted from this Forum) ; it seems that it is regarded a very touchy subject, for some unknown reason to me...
what do you call the above launch? http://gnarlydognews.blogspot.com/
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 11:33 am
A sliding stroke reverse beach launch with edge and angle? GR |
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 1:42 pm
I reckon that would be called a reverse beach launch Gnarly.
Seals are most often found on rocks above the swell hence the name. I don't think beaches come into it. I can't say I have seen a lot of seals launching off beaches either. Too many questions Gray Raider, even if I thought about it with both heads Geoff |
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 1:50 pm
Geoff,
there are no seals in Queensland to have as reference... I hereby declare the Qld "seal launch" renamed to "croc launch" I believe crocs do launch from sandy beaches, sometimes mud. I hope I don't upset anybody with a "croc launch" http://gnarlydognews.blogspot.com/
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 4:27 pm
Gnarly
The taswegians that do not spell all that gooderer might be tempted to call that a C rock launch and therefore still deem it to be a seal launch. Mirage Geko |
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 6:07 pm
if i can't seal launch from the beach, i will have to Croc launch otherwise how will I ever get to the water?
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 8:41 pm
I did my first seal launch on Sunday morning. It was the end result of my first and completely accidental seal landing.....
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 10:45 pm
Hey Mojo,
You could try a seal launch from the Urangan Pier, but ley me know first so that I can be there with camera to capture the moment and I won't copyright it so that everybody can share the happy snap.. as mates do. |
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 10:53 pm
gnarlydog wrote:
what do you call the above launch? I'd call that a stuffup. I think we can all identify that one. The ol 180 degree on a wave trick. Step two is being deposited on the beach by the next wave to start all over again if you can complete the manouvre in an upright position. |
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Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 12:08 pm
everything is becoming clearer now...
This "instructional" video shows how to seal launch: http://kayakyak.blogspot.com/2010/06/ho ... ot-to.html
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