John Winters wrote <Most Inuit kayakers today use paddles made from cast off hockey sticks. When asked why they use hockey sticks instead of carving a paddle from a piece of drift wood they laugh and reply that the only reason their ancestors carved paddles form driftwood was because they didn't have any old 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 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Jack_Martin_at_jtif.webfld.navy.mil wrote: > > John Winters 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. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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/ ***************************************************************************
I will vouch for the utility of old hockey sticks for making paddles. One of the first paddles I made used a hockey stick as the shaft. It is a nice ash lamination. Nick At 10:27 AM -0500 3/28/98, John Winters wrote: >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/ >*************************************************************************** Nick Schade Guillemot Kayaks c/o Newfound Woodworks, RFD 2 Box 850, Bristol, NH 03222 (603) 744-6872 Schade_at_guillemot-kayaks.com http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/ >>>>"It's not just Art, It's a Craft!"<<<< *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
John Winters wrote: > > Should clear this up. They use cast off hockey sticks ...SNIP... > > No kidding, honest. seriously, no joke, it really works. > > Seriously folks. Thanks for clearing this up. Please excuse the confusion. Your humour is dryer than a Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc, and some of us are a bit slow on the uptake... Dan Hagen Bellingham, Washington *************************************************************************** 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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