Can hardly wait for Dream Sequence II. >> I went out to a local pond last night to try out some of the forward >> stroking tehniques in the canoe. Got to the pond about 4:30pm and >> there was a 5-10 knot wind blowing and a few storm clouds not to far >> way. The water was kinda ragged but no waves. >> >I put in and headed into the wind and tried the technique. The first >thing I found was my stroke was too long so I shortened it up so I was >planting the blade somewhere near the vicintity of my knee (I'm >sitting). I would then pull the blade back as perpendicular as possible >while thrusting forward with my hips. (I felt like a horny teenager >trying to pull is first date closer.) With a little experimentation, I >decided my paddle was about 6 inches too long so I started grabbing if >by the shaft with the top hand. The paddle was originally for a soloing >a 15 foot Mad River. > ,,, (o o) ==================oOO--(_)--OOo========================== Bob Washburn whiterabbit_at_iw.edwpub.com or rwashbu_at_siue.edu "Are on the cutting edge or the lunatic fringe?" ========================================================= *************************************************************************** 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 Fri May 22 1998 - 17:20:41 PDT
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