The East Greenland sliding stroke turns any Greenland paddle into a variable length paddle, so length isn't critical. ;-) Chuck Holst -----Original Message----- From: Julio MacWilliams [mailto:juliom_at_cisco.com] Sent: Monday, July 20, 1998 1:06 PM To: Chuck Holst Cc: gta; paddlewise Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Discovering the greenl My Greenland paddle is even shorter, 80 inches for a 5.8-5.9 paddler. I decided to make my paddles shorter when I heard in one of Heaths's videos that they behave better in strong winds, and they do. It is also more manageable among waves. Ok, yes, that is what storm paddles are for, but I also made my storm paddle shorter. - Julio Chuck wrote: > Another thing that reduces swing weight is a short overall length, and > though John Winters persists in thinking of Greenland paddles as long, > in fact they are, if anything, a bit on the short side. For instance, > I am about average height (5' 8-1/2"), and the overall length of my > standard Greenland paddles, made according to traditional measurements, > is 85 to 86 inches, or about 215 to 218 cm. Many paddlers, however, > buy off-the-rack Greenland paddles that are too long or two wide for > them. ************************************************************************** * 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-1998Jul20.130610.1944.307831; Mon, 20 Jul 1998 13:06:10 -0500 Received: from ns1.intelenet.net ([204.182.160.31]) by gateway.multitech.com with ESMTP id <16129>; Mon, 20 Jul 1998 14:06:13 -0500 Received: (from majordom_at_localhost) by ns1.intelenet.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA28048 Mon, 20 Jul 1998 12:05:43 -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 MAA28033 Mon, 20 Jul 1998 12:05:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from monarch.cisco.com (monarch.cisco.com [171.69.1.231]) by ns.intelenet.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id MAA10041 for <paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net>; Mon, 20 Jul 1998 12:05:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: (juliom_at_localhost) by monarch.cisco.com (8.8.5-Cisco.2-SunOS.5.5.1.sun4/8.6.5) id MAA29630; Mon, 20 Jul 1998 12:04:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Julio MacWilliams <juliom_at_cisco.com> Message-Id: <199807201904.MAA29630_at_monarch.cisco.com> Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Discovering the greenla To: CHUCK_at_multitech.com (Chuck Holst) Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 14:04:51 -0500 Cc: gta_at_islandnet.com, paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net In-Reply-To: <1998Jul20.122754.1944.465572_at_multitech.com> from "Chuck Holst" at Jul 20, 98 12:28:16 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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/ ***************************************************************************
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