Re: [Paddlewise] Paddles

>From Tim:


>
>I use a number of paddles, but my favorite are from  Epic.  The Epic
touring
>paddle is wonderful both in graphite and in fiberglass.  The paddle really
>grabs the water and lets you crank hard to accelerate quickly.  If you like
>to race,  I also highly recommend the Epic wing paddle.  I bought this
>paddle for racing, but more and more I'm using it as my general purpose
>paddle.
>
>As for angle and length, take a look at Epic's new two piece shaft that
lets
>you vary both the feather angle and length.   It would be great to have
such
>a paddle so you could experiment and find the idle feater angle and length
>for a given situation.
>


Hi Tim,

For your normal favorite boat,

 what's the lengths of the standard and wind paddles that you use.
and
what are the length increments for the Epic wing paddle?

Have you hit the bottom yet with the wing in shallow water? did it survive?

bye bye bliven

http://www.epicpaddles.com/welcome.htm


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