Yes, they do look like clubs -- very useful against PWCs and their riders. :-) Greenland-style paddles originated centuries ago in Greenland, of all places, and are still used there today. My main source for making a Greenland paddle is an article by John Heath in a 1987 issue of Sea Kayaker. Heath had one or two other articles about Greenland paddles about that time. There are photos showing Greenland paddles and anecdotes about kayaking with them in F. Spencer Chapman's _Watkins' Last Expedition_, about the 1932-33 British Arctic Air Route Expedition in East Greenland. Watkins and Chapman learned the sliding stroke and several rolls from the natives. Derek Hutchinson's _Eskimo Rolling_ describes several Greenland rolls. There is also a description of Greenland rolling by John Heath in Adney and Chapelle's _Bark and Skin Boats of North America_. John Brand's _Little Kayak Book_ series, available from John Winters, has scale drawings of several Greenland paddles. There are several videotapes showing Greenland rolling and paddling styles: "Greenlanders at Kodiak," "Qajaqklubben," and "Amphibious Man," all available from Heath; an instructional video by Doug Van Doren called "Greenland Paddling Style," I think; and a film by Knud Rasmussen shot in East Greenland in 1932, called "Palos Brudefaerd," that shows the typical East Greenland sliding stroke. If you would like to try a Greenland paddle, you can make one from a two-by-four for about $10. There are instructions on the Paddlewise Web site. If you would like to see demos of Greenland paddling and rolling by Doug Van Doren and James Loveridge, come to the Great Lakes Sea Kayak Symposium in Grand Marais, Michigan, at the end of the month. Chuck Holst -----Original Message----- From: Geo. Bergeron [mailto:heritage_at_europa.com] Sent: Monday, July 20, 1998 12:52 PM To: paddlewise Subject: [Paddlewise] Greenhorn/Greenland Paddle The only "Greenland Paddles" I've seen were in a shop. The looked like moderately flattened clubs. I have a hard time believing that I could actually propel a boat with one, much less brace or roll. Oh yeah, there's a car commercial where some guy is in a wood yak and has a Greenland paddle. . . it looks like a club too. Am I missing something here? What's the source of design for these paddles? Anybody want to list a publication? Thanks. Carbon fibre driven, Geo./Svenn ______________________________ George Bergeron, Secretary '99 Oswego Heritage Council http://www.europa.com/~heritage/ ************************************************************************** * PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ************************************************************************** * ------ Message Header Follows ------ Received: from multitech.com by multitech.com (PostalUnion/SMTP(tm) v2.1.9c for Windows NT(tm)) id AA-1998Jul20.125258.1944.307822; Mon, 20 Jul 1998 12:52:58 -0500 Received: from ns1.intelenet.net ([204.182.160.31]) by gateway.multitech.com with ESMTP id <16134>; Mon, 20 Jul 1998 13:53:02 -0500 Received: (from majordom_at_localhost) by ns1.intelenet.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA26428 Mon, 20 Jul 1998 11:51:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ns.intelenet.net (intelenet.net [204.182.160.1]) by ns1.intelenet.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA26225 Mon, 20 Jul 1998 11:51:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from europa.com (root_at_thetics.europa.com [199.2.194.14]) by ns.intelenet.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id LAA08896 for <paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net>; Mon, 20 Jul 1998 11:51:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from default(dialup-B085.europa.com[204.202.55.85]) (1121 bytes) by europa.com via sendmail with P:smtp/R:inet_hosts/T:smtp (sender: <heritage_at_europa.com>) id <m0yyL1b-001iq0C_at_europa.com> for <paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net>; Mon, 20 Jul 1998 11:51:03 -0700 (PDT) (Smail-3.2.0.98 1997-Oct-16 #2 built 1997-Oct-19) Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19980720114808.006a43e8_at_europa.com> X-Sender: heritage_at_europa.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 13:48:08 -0500 To: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net From: "Geo. Bergeron" <heritage_at_europa.com> Subject: [Paddlewise] Greenhorn/Greenland Paddles Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Precedence: list X-Listname: Paddlewise Mailing List X-Subscription-Info: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
At 02:18 PM 7/20/98 -0500, you wrote: >If you would like to try a Greenland paddle, you can make one from a >two-by-four for about $10. There are instructions on the Paddlewise >Web site. The plans require Adobe Acrobat . . . and registration. I'm already on enough mailing and spam lists. Not eager to sign up for another. What are the shortcomings of standard HTML and jifs that require these plans to be posted on a plug-in program? ______________________________ George Bergeron, Secretary '99 Oswego Heritage Council http://www.europa.com/~heritage/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
> The plans require Adobe Acrobat . . . and registration. I'm already on >enough mailing and spam lists. Not eager to sign up for another. What are >the shortcomings of standard HTML and jifs that require these plans to be >posted on a plug-in program? > >______________________________ >George Bergeron, Secretary '99 >Oswego Heritage Council >http://www.europa.com/~heritage/ I've never had to register or receive followup mail for copies of Adobe Acrobat -- seems like it's on just about every free CD that comes in the mail or with a magazine. But I agree completely that it's a bloody nuisance, and I wish people would just use HTML for widely distributed documents. I guess the only advantage I see to publishing stuff with AA is that it makes it difficult for most people out there to alter your document. Ira Adams ************************************************************ I don't do .INI, .BAT, .CFG, or .SYS files. I don't assign apps to files. I don't configure peripherals or networks before using them. I don't manage IRQs and DMA channels, either. My computer works for me, not the other way around. I have a Macintosh. *************************************************************************** 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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