>I have had a Lendal crankshaft carbon shaft/carbon bladed >paddle for 3 years. I paddle in summer and in winter >(air temps as low as 20F, water temps as low as 32.5 F). >I have bashed it, unwittingly, quite hard on submerged >rocks and dropped it on the cement driveway a few times. >I have also used it to pry myself off rocks several >times too. It has a few dings on the blades but that >is all the damage that I have noticed. > >Guess I've been lucky? Chris I have the same question. I have a carbon crank shaft/blade paddle that looks like it has been used for primitive road building. It has been beat on and still seems to be fine. It seems to be very durable. Dennis *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Apr 22 1999 - 10:35:10 PDT
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