Re: [Paddlewise] Spare Paddles

Last Friday I lost my beautiful Greenland paddle; I used the storm
one to get back to shore.

I was practicing rolls where I thought it was deep enough. The wind
carried me away and all of the sudden, on roll, I sticked the paddle
on the mud. Trying to come up on the roll I pushed on it down which
pinned it even further into the mud. That paddle is now part of
the ad hoc ship wreck and boat gear museum that we have in the
SF south bay area.

Now, since I do not have the space/time to make another paddle, I
am forced to order one from Feathercraft with which I will have
to bear until I get some time and space to make a couple more paddles.

So yes, you can loose your paddle. In the past I have also broken an paddle,
but kept one side to go back to shore. Now, with my Greenland storm paddle
I am much safer. 

- Julio

> 
> > I have seen many people carry a two-piece spare on the rear deck.  I
> > wonder
> > how hard it is to access this paddle when the need arises.  Do you
> > swing
> > around and grab it yourself (maybe in conditions that were rough
> > enough for
> > you to loose or break your primary paddle) or do you expect a paddling
> > 
> 	IMHO, you are most likely to break your paddle while
> entering/exiting your kayak and using your paddle to brace for
> stability.  In that case you probably fell in the water so getting the
> spare is not a problem, you just look kinda silly.  :-)  Unless you were
> making a high braced eddy turn and wedged the blade between two rocks or
> something like that, I don't see how else you could break a paddle that
> was in good shape to start with.
> 
> 	Again, IMHO, it is most likely you would lose your paddle after
> a dump, in which case you'd be iin the water and accessing the spare
> wouldn't be a problem either.  Of course you could just drop your paddle
> and watch it float away, but then, that's what the paddle leash is for,
> right?  :-).
> 
> 	But what do I know?  This is just my second year.
> 
> 
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