Dan wrote; >> <Most Inuit kayakers today use paddles made from cast off hockey >> sticks. .... >> >> You've been hanging out with Dr. Inverbon too much lately, John. >> Can't be! They'd be paddlin' in circles all the time. >> >> Glassy-eyed Joq > >Yup, just like canoeists. Actually, all they would need to do is to fit >their boats with a rudder to counteract the asymmetry of the hockey >paddle. Should clear this up. They use cast off hockey sticks i.e. sticks that have been broken. It is the shaft they use and install new blades on them. I know, you think I am pulling your leg but all this is really true. I have a Fiberglas paddle I made from a hockey stick blank supplied by one of the big manufacturers and it isn't half bad. No kidding, honest. seriously, no joke, it really works. Seriously folks. Cheers, John Winters Redwing Designs Specialists in Human Powered Watercraft http://home.ican.net/~735769/ *************************************************************************** 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 Sat Mar 28 1998 - 08:04:11 PST
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