On Wed, 2 Jun 1999, E. Sullivan wrote: > My rationale for a single blade is that I could get to it and use it faster > than I could assemble a takedown model (which I currently use). I wouldn't stow > it below deck. I could use it to roll, and perhaps the saved seconds would > enable me to retrieve my Lightning paddle, which would be my first order of > biz. It would also clutter the rear deck less than a two-piece to make > clambering around back there less painful. You could keep a greenland style storm paddle on your front deck as a spare, if you want a decent shrunken down double blade. Or if you look in scrounge up a copy of David Zimmerly's book Qajaq there are several offset tables for traditional single blade paddles. I've used single bladed paddles a few times in my kayak. The last single bladed paddle that I used had a "willow leaf" blade and a shaft that was only about 2 feet long, the blade appeared to be longer than the paddle shaft. I found with a blade that long doing underwater recoveries felt a lot more natural than an above water recovery. kirk *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Jun 02 1999 - 13:22:35 PDT
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