After having enjoyed myself, last spring, in Freya´s workshop on rolling, I did not make an opportunity yet to practise this relaxed way of rolling. This has something to do with the fact that practising only makes sense when paddling a low volume kayak, like my AnasAcuta, in which you can make a layback on the aft deck
It was during last weekend paddling my AnasAcuta that I practised the "floating roll" as I named it: floating because it is the magic to capsize from floating and back to float. As described in my blog the performance was not perfect but it worked. After a few attempts I could not manage anymore: probably because these unused muscles started getting tired.
So it was a nice suprise when Hans Ammerlaan phoned me on friday: if I had time saterday to practise the roll with him too? He would take his Anas Acuta with him to practice.
So there was my second opportuniy to improve.
AND: it worked again. A few times and a little bit better.
But again: after a few attemts it stopped because of tiredness in my old backbone. 
About Hans: I managed to get him floating once; having helped him by giving support to the floating paddle, which I could let go after instructions leaving him floating next to his kayak.
Next issue was the butterfly-roll from the underwaterposition with crossed arms; paddle in one hand: after only my demonstration and instruction he was able to perform a perfect, slowmotion butterfly-roll. Bravo! 