Re: [Paddlewise] Paddle swimming

>> In "Deep Trouble", there is a comment somewhere that with a
feathered paddle, it may be better to swim on your back, whereas an
unfeathered paddle can be used like a crawl stroke, facing forwards. What do
you think works best?<<

   It has been my experience that swimming forward on your stomach is easier 
with a feathered paddle, while swimming head first on your back is easier 
with an unfeathered paddle. While either way seems to move you along, 
swimming with a paddle in this fashion seems to require more energy over the 
long run then I really care to exert. More times then not I will simply swim 
in with a side stroke while dragging the paddle along with the rear hand. You 
could also throw your paddle ahead of you and swim to it, but I hate to be 
seperated from my paddle almost as much as I hate to be out of my boat :-)

Scott
So.Cal.
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