At 6:30 PM -0400 7/21/98, dldecker_at_mediaone.net wrote: >I have been using a greenland paddle for quite a few years and each time it >amusing to me on the merits given to it by people just discovering it. Yes >it takes less energy to use,cause your stroke is shorter and you pace is 1 >1/2 to twice as fast. The overall sq. inch surface of each blade is close >to most modern paddles. Instead of a stroke from your ankles to your hips, >it is from about your knees to your hips.Some thing long and skinny passes >through water easier than some thing short and fat (that comment resembles >no one in particular). But with all the hype you would think its a modern >miracle but in fact it is a ancient miracle. No, it is just a paddle. To paraphrase Freud: "Some times a paddle is just a paddle." Nick Schade Guillemot Kayaks c/o Newfound Woodworks, 67 Danforth Brook Rd, 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Jul 22 1998 - 13:44:51 PDT
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