How about the increased stress to the tendons from a stiffer Paddle? Robert > Peter Treby wrote: > Similarly for the paddle. Energy from a stroke that goes into flexing a > paddle blade or shaft is wasted. I have changed recently from a nylon{?} > Lendal "Archipelago" paddle, to a similarly shaped, stiff glass bladed > paddle. Noticeably less effort to maintain boat speed with the stiffer > paddle. It all helps. > PT *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Jan 17 2000 - 20:47:25 PST
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