I was out with a friend this weekend kayaking for a few hours. Neil his name were as mine is Niels. (this cause dsome problems when we worked in ajoining behive offices as most dropped the s off my name.) He has some some of shoulder desease that has casued the linings to be damaged. After many doctor visits and a year of physio therapy, it has not improved for kayaking. He was informed that kayaking will not furhter damage the joints, but after a halff horu of paddleing the pain becomes to much. FOr a while we were looking a peddle kayaks, but the cost of buying another when he already has 2. So he took a canoe paddle, shortened it and used 2 hose clamps to lash together and to alow some ajustablity while determining the length. I was impressed a how fast he was able to maintain his speed while we were out together. He was not slower, but we were not seriuoly motoring to get to some destination. He is only able to paddle on one side and therefore the rudder on his Pices is a definate assest. No shoulder pain nad he now dosen't have to get up kayaking. He is trying to determine the best canoe paddle to buy, from the blade point of view to shorten. ( ie wide blade, bent blade, beaver tail blade etc.) Niels Henriksen Ottawa, Canada There wasa an interesting article in the Ottawa Citizen newspaper today. Back in the depresion thirtes perople built small boast fro kids to use in the thousand Islands. It was made of corrogated sheet metal. Joint at the front witha vertical piece of wood to make a point. At the back a square stern, rounded bottem piece of wood formed the transon, and a peice acroos teh middle for a thwart, and clauking to seal. There is to be a regatta on Aug 17 in Gananoque of the resurgnece of these boats. Who says you can't build a bost of of next to nothing. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Niels Henriksen wrote: --snip-- > He is trying to determine the best canoe paddle to buy, from the blade > point of view to shorten. ( ie wide blade, bent blade, beaver tail blade etc.) --snip-- I had success with a cheap Mohawk paddle (plastic blade, aluminium paddle -- available at marinas just about everyehere, and extremely inexpensive). I ground the blade down to narrow it. To shorten it, I popped off the but, sawed the shaft, and popped the butt back on. To arrive at the best size for me, I only shaved and shortened a little at a time. Richard *************************************************************************** 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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