Matt Broze wrote >You think you can, but I'll bet if you ask a buddy to try to capsize you by >surprise sometime you will find you revert to the braces that you have >practiced and won't have time to think "which feather am I using today". It >is one thing to practice doing it both ways, it is quite another to control >your reactive panic brace. I'm a novice who frequently hires boats so find the above point very relevant. In Sydney hired kayaks are invariably supplied with feathered paddles. I've only kayaked once in the US and the paddles were feathered at that shop too. So it seems appropriate to use feathered paddles on my own boat, because I don't want to be continually changing styles and enjoy trying as many boats and environments as possible. What have others found with hired kayaks - are the paddles usually feathered? Perhaps Elaine could tell us what they use in N.Uist? All the best, PeterO *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Aug 12 1999 - 15:15:48 PDT
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