At 08:15 AM 8/13/99 +1000, Peter Osman wrote: > >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 It's especially irritating if you paddle with a left feather, which I do, since it cuts down the carpal tunnel symptoms in my right wrist. Which is why I use a breakdown paddle. I got to thinking about this line of discussion while out on the water tonight. It was rather flat, and rather humid, so I didn't want to paddle too hard, and I got to playing around a little. Just from twisting things around a bit, it seems to me that I have the least wrist motion with about a 20-degree negative feather. Hmmmmmm . . . -- Wes *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Aug 13 1999 - 02:16:00 PDT
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