Shame on me. I should have known this question was coming. The blade was a Lendall Archipelligo. I bought this blade from Sweetwater Kayak in St. Pete, Florida. Jean was out on the trip with me and saw the paddle shaft break as I attempted to do an eskimo rescue. I made it up to about a 30 to 40 degree angle to the victim's boat as his hands waved back and forth requesing the rescue, and as the he reached up and grabbed my bow, since I was off perpendicular, when the paddler pulled himself out of the water, he pulled me over. Trying to brace against his tug, I did a sharp low brace that snapped the paddle into two pieces. I went in. It was a clean break...it just snapped right in two. Boy, was I surprised. I never expected it. When we got back in the shop, Sweetwater offered to either "fix it" or give me a new paddle, my choice. I took a brand new paddle. I like the Lendall, but now I never leave home without a spare. Robert Dave Seng wrote:> > C'mon Robert, fess up - who was the paddle manufacturer and what was their > response (if you contacted them)? > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Robert C. Cline [mailto:rccline_at_swbell.net] >> Sent: Friday, April 21, 2000 6:16 AM >> >> I was using a carbon paddle for a low brace in deep water, >> and the shaft >> broke catastrophically.. I went right into the water. >> *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Apr 21 2000 - 20:57:27 PDT
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