It is important to get used to paddling your boat on its edges. This is also known as the J Lean. Paddling your boat on its edge is crucial for catching dynamic eddies and often peelouts as well. Ferries also require some edging of your boat. As you become a more advanced boater, you will want to surf holes and waves, both of which require comfort in paddling your boat on edge. In this exercise, we will place a bouy and have you paddle around the bouy on edge in a tight circle with as few strokes as possible. This is a very challenging exercise.