>I too am much mystified by this angle. From what I have read, it seems that >the paddle will be dragged back through the water at an angle, not at 90 >degrees to the boat? This would make the stroke similar to the pitch stroke >used in open canoes with single paddles. > >Is this what happens? Rob, For clarification, please refer to the picture at the end of the article at http://www.jacksonville.net/~dldecker/fskaGreenland.htm. Your first reaction may well be that the paddle will dive but with a little practice, this fear will dissolve. I find that the feel of the water flowing over the forward canted blade is very different than a vertical "drag" stroke and quite satisfying when you get the hang of it. Greg Stamer *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Feb 22 2000 - 17:11:23 PST
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