Mattson, Timothy G wrote: > > Ahh, the old feathered vs. unfeathered discussion. I was wondering when > this one would come up again. I am of "on the one hand...and on the other hand" school of thought. So I have my left blade feathered and my right one unfeathered. A real Zen approach. :-) > > And as someone brings up each time we get into this discussion, with proper > technique, you do not "cock the wrist" with each stroke on the > "non-control-hand" side. I know, many of the books out there tell you to do > so, but if you watch a really good paddler who uses a feathered paddle, > you'll see that during a forwawrd stroke, the wrist is in a straight line > with the fore-arm. Adjustments are made in the shoulder and elbow to > properly orient the blade. Derek Hutchinson put it quite well in his course in an easy to remember way: If you had a watch on that hand it should be able to be read by God and not by the paddler behind you. ralph -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Aug 11 1999 - 09:41:32 PDT
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