Perhaps all rudders are not created equal. Does anyone have any knowledge about how the Valley Canoe Rudder compares to the North American flat metal blade style, in term of efficiency? My VCP rudder is "thick" by normal standards, but the cross section is more like an airplane wing, but symmetrical. I only use my rudder for extreme conditions or when my right shoulder tendonitis flares up and I want to "average-out" the load between shoulders, but it would be interesting to know if anyone has info. Also, at the PT Symposium, I saw the Eddyline people who hawk the Falcon wearing T-shirts that said "Don't need no stinking rudder". Would not these people perhaps be the ones coming out of the Evangelical Rudderless closet? The symposium schedule even indicated there was a scheduled lecture on paddling without a rudder - the title on the schedule said "No stinking rudder". So, would not that class be taught by one of these Evangelical proselytizers? Anyway, rudders are always good to have around, just in case you happen upon a media type who has lifted one of your PW posts off the internet - you can cram the rudder down their throat. Ouch! How's that for perspicuity? BC'in Ya Doug Lloyd (who wonders, if rudders are a crutch, then are SOT's the opiate of the masses) *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Oct 05 1999 - 22:23:02 PDT
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