>> Chuck Holst wrote: >>I have a 245-cm Wind Swift I would like to cut down, but the Eddyline factory said they couldn't do it. Maybe I'll try it myself some day.<< Chuck don't do it! The reason Eddyline probably won't is that the shaft is reinforced at the joint (where the earliest ones regularly split before being reinforced). If you shorten it you may have the same problem unless you also add reinforcements to the shaft in the joint area. Matt Broze http://www.marinerkayaks.com >> Having looked closely at the paddle joint, I had already concluded that trying to shorten the shaft there would be opening a can of worms. I originally asked Eddyline a couple of years or more ago if they could cut down the paddle. Shortly after my post to Paddlewise, I e-mailed Eddyline again to say I was thinking of shortening the paddle by cutting the shaft where it enters the blades, reaming out the sockets, and gluing the blades back on the shortened shaft. Tom Derrer didn't see a major problem with this approach. Don't know if I will ever find time to do it, though. Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** 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 Sat Mar 11 2000 - 14:06:07 PST
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