On 3/27 the attached document was submitted with an attachment. The attachment had no extension or file type identification and therefore could not be opened. Will the submittor kindly re-send in an identified software with suffix? I am interested in reading the article he references but cannot access it. Thanks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net on 03/27/98 07:26:44 AM Please respond to owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net To: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net cc: Subject: [Paddlewise] Re[2]: Modern Greenland Paddle To add a personal comment to the Greenland paddle thread --- there was a comment about the virtues of home-crafted Greenlands that was right to the point. The indigenous folks who carved these things made them to their own dimensions --- anthropometrically. All the gouges are in the John Heath articles --- hand size influences loom, length is the upraised hand with fingers curled, etc. And the significnace here is that it really <does> make a difference. A big difference. I have two paddles made identically, but one is an inch shorter than the other. Same wood, same dimensions otherwise. Big diffenence in paddling. A better paddler than I am could probably distiguish a smaller difference. A 7'6" paddle is going to be close to be ideal for some one or two percent of all paddlers, but less correct for the other 98% or 99% of us. Little differences in the loom, the blade width, the stiffness (as a function of the wood used or the thickness) will also yield a very different paddle. And all this matters a lot at the end of a long day. Speaking of which, that's why these paddles are so great. They don't blow your tendons out. They're easy on the body. Especially <old> bodies! And they're great for rolling, as has been noted in other posts. But the other area of importance --- at least for me --- is that crafting them can be almost a religious experience. It's very therapeutic, taking a two by six of cheap, recycled pine board --- <free> on the beaches of the Potomac and the Chesapeake --- and carving it, planing it, sanding it, scraping it into a clean, efficient paddle is a great weekend project. Try reading the articles --- the directions are even pilot-proofed! And the payoff is a beautiful paddle, arguably the most efficient sea kayaking device you can make! Joq Martin St. Inigoes, MD --- the ospreys are home. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** 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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