Re: [Paddlewise] Rudders &paddles and all that.

I flatwater sprint in a 27# carbon-kevlar-lead boat that swamps when capsized,
powered by a carbon fiber, cranked, microweight wing that won't brace, will
dislocate your shoulder if you miss your catch by 1 cm, and goes real fast for
exactly 1 km.

I sea kayak in an old plastic Sealution using a home-made Greenland style wood
paddle that leaves my back in better shape after 20 miles of open sea paddling
than when I started, and I could probably paddle 12 hours a day indefinitely.
It sculls, it braces, it rolls, every type of stroke is soft and easy.

"Horses for courses"

Roger

A.H.J.(Eddie)van den Hurk wrote:

> And after all this , one may expect  to see the next olympic kayaking
> teams  arrive with rudderless,skinboats and wooden greenland paddles...
>
> Kia Ora
> Eddie
>
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