Matt Broze recently pointed out that one of the disadvantages of a double is that longer paddles are necessary. For our fat double, I use a 220cm paddle from the rear cockpit, and Joyce uses a 218cm paddle at the front. More recently Ken Cooperstein commented on his new paddle, +ACI-They weigh in at 22 ozs. in 243 cm. and cost a remarkable +ACQ-155. They are nicely finished and perform very well.+ACI- So what are you supposed to propel with a paddle 243cm long, an aircraft carrier???... Allan Singleton Hamilton NZ *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
On Thu, 16 Mar 2000, Allan and Joyce Singleton wrote: > So what are you supposed to propel with a paddle 243cm long, an aircraft > carrier???... > > > Allan Singleton > Hamilton NZ having been on a carrier, i can attest that won't be long enough ;-) maybe a battleship ... [hand rolling it would be a pain ;-] mark -- #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com------------------------------------ # mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.jacknjillz.com/paddler [index to club websites i administer] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page -- Fortune: A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. - English Proverb *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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