On Wed, 25 Feb 1998, Mark Zen wrote: >>for my sea kayaks, i don't have a lot of experience with good paddles. my >>favorite has to be the paddle my dad through in when i bought his sea >>kayak, an aquaterra whisper. decent [i think!!] wooden paddle, very light >>compared to many other paddles i've lifted. a bit of flex for someone my >>weight [86Kg], but decent in comparison to good canoe paddles. the other >>two kayak paddles i have are plastic & aluminum clubs, ll bean, which i >>believe is a mohawk, and an aquaterra passage, which is lighter and nicer >>then the ll bean ;-) but heavy. this is [for now, until i learn what i >>want] my river paddle. the whisper cracked on a know last year, and i'm >>not sure how to go about fixing it, suggestions?? offline or on. if i get >>enough, i'll post a synopsis. >> oh, i don't feather any of my 'yak paddles, which makes them easier on the wrists, etc, but a real bear in high winds [75 mph gusts yesterday!!] mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com-------------------------------------- mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/cpr [Colorado Paddlers' Resource] http://www.diac.com/~zen/rmskc [Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club] http://www.diac.com/~zen/rmcc [Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page] http://www.diac.com/~zen/mark [personal] -- Fortune: --- Paul's Law: You can't fall off the floor. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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