David Seng wrote: > I was just reading Wes Boyd's account of his trip to Isle Royale (Lake > Superior) earlier this fall (Thanks Wes!!) and ran across a comment of his > about how a paddler that they encountered on their trip was holding her > paddle upside down........... I'm fessin' up here and now - I paddle with my > paddle upside down - it feels better to me that way, I like it, I'm not > changing, and if any of you come up here to Juneau and paddle with me and > snigger at how I hold my paddle you'll find that my paddle splashes just as > well upside down as right side up.<grin> > So how about the rest of you - right side up, or upside down? > > Dave Seng > Juneau, Alaska-- If you insist on lifting all that water in holding an asymmetric paddle blade upside down, why not go allthe way in inefficiency...I have an old pair of clunky Klepper paddles to give you. :-) I assume that is what you are talking about. Depending on the amount of asymmetricity, you do wind up carrying a lot of water on the blade as it comes out of the water, sorta like shoveling snow. ralph diaz ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Nov 17 1999 - 09:44:51 PST
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