Bill Leonhardt wrote> I would ask, though, that people describe their use (river vs. flat water. touring vs. racing, etc.) and the approximate beam on their boat along with the paddle length. I feel that this added information would be useful for people, like myself, who are trying to gather more information to make a paddle upgrade more rewarding. It might also be interesting to open discussions on the merits of right hand vs. left hand control. I have/had a few much older glass boats but, mostly paddle a poly P&H Capella (22 inch beam). I've had this boat for just about a year and very nice it is too. Most of my paddling is coastal touring. I have two paddles, one extremely nasty affair (plastic blades on a split aluminium shaft) which serves to decorate my rear deck, and a Lendal Nordkapp 220. White esdash blades right hand feather/control on a carbon/glass shaft. I can't remember which of Lendal's carbon/glass mixes, but the shaft is relatively flexible. I have absolutely nothing wrong to say about this paddle, relatively light, fantastic feel, relatively cheap (Scotland ..:-), and I haven't managed to break it yet. A few months ago I borrowed a mate's somewhat more expensive Lendal paddle, full carbon powermaster blades on a modified crank carbon shaft. Same length, and almost the same blade shape as my nordkapp, but much stiffer and lighter. Oddly enough I didn't like this paddle very much, it almost felt too insubstantial and light, and I think that I quite like a bit of flex in the paddle shaft. Can a paddle be too light ? Is a completely rigid paddle desirable ? Cheers Colin ______________________________________________________ Dr Colin Calder Centre for CBL in Land Use and Environmental Sciences (CLUES) MacRobert Building, Aberdeen University, Aberdeen, AB24 5UA, UK, Scotland ______________________________________________________ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Feb 26 1998 - 08:02:24 PST
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