Catching Eddies in an Oar Boat by Pulling Upstream | Ep. 214

In the second video of the mini-series on catching eddies, Zach spends episode 214 talking about catching eddies in an oar boat by pulling upstream.

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[rockfordweber]

LOL. I also use Lego boaters when teaching students how to catch eddies. Always break them out on the gravel bar before launching and make little river diagrams in the sand with sticks and rocks.

Key terminology I use is "high and deep". It's easy for the students to remember and conceptually provides a reminder of how eddies function as well as how to enter them. The lecture, diagram, and river discussion all revolve around this "high and deep" terminology. I picked up this phrase from Jeff Bennett's "The Complete Whitewater Rafter" some two decades ago.

Great combination of well positioned drone and GoPro video. Looking forward to the follow-up videos.

[KudaTimberlineAIE]

Great video. As a paddleboarder eddies are something you have to plan for well in advance.

[Lochsa]

Not sure this video demonstrates the concept of pulling into an eddy very well. There are definitely eddies you won't catch pushing. In those cases you need to enter "Powelling", or in other words, moving downstream stern first, with angle of attack sharper than 90 degrees to the eddy, with a touch of spin momentum as you enter. All the examples show rowers fighting the current way to hard to get in.