On Mon, 27 Jul 1998, Julio MacWilliams wrote: > There is an interesting paddle that seems to be something in between, > that is the Aleut paddle. It is narrow, but not that narrow, and > the foil profile is not symmetrical. Some subscribers to the baidarka list > are saying very good things about it. Have any of you folks tried one those? I've used one a little bit. The one I tried was different than the one pictured in David Zimmerly's book "Qajaq". The one in "Qajaq" looks like it has a ridge on both faces. The one I tried had a flat non-power face but a ridge on the power face. I felt I had a better "bite" on the water using the non-power side than the power side. The paddle also had no noticable flutter when I paddled hard. 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 Wed Jul 29 1998 - 10:38:26 PDT
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