On Tue, 21 Jul 1998, John Winters wrote: > If so, what are they? It is my experience that they do roll better but > then, I don't capsize. :-) Other than that, what are the advantages and > what can you do with them that you can't do with a lighter, shorter, more > efficient modern paddle? I can only do one handed, (with help of the paddle as bouyancy) rolls with the greenland. None of my other paddles have sufficient bouyancy. I also haven't done well doing a sculling roll with anything but the greenland. I suppose you meant skills for those of you who don't capsize.... For longer distance paddles I find I tire differently using the Greenland than using one of my modern paddles (wing, ultralight lightening, or bow). I tend to wear out the muscles in my shoulders and hands using a larger bladed paddle. With the Greenland I run out of energy before any particular muscle starts to give in. A few weeks ago I tried an aleut paddle, it too was different (very little blade flutter), sometime I'll have to make one to add to my paddle choices. The paddle blades on the Aleut paddle have a center ridge and are concave on both sides of the ridge. Anyone on the use an Aleut paddle? If so any comments? kirk *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Jul 21 1998 - 10:37:10 PDT
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