>> I have made several Greenland paddles, two of western red cedar that I use all the time( the last several years). Two weeks ago I finally decided to build a storm paddle...after all the discussion of late. I used pine on this first paddle and make it a full 3 !/2 inches wide versus 3 3/16 for my regular paddles.....after a couple of paddles it feels very "BIG" width wise. Question....has anyone ever tried a narrower width(3 1/16) storm paddle? frank montbriand 43N50'07" 73W25'22" >> Your storm paddle, even more than your standard Greenland paddle, should be no wider than you can grasp comfortably near the tip, since, with the full sliding stroke required by the storm paddle, one hand will always be sliding out there. In fact, standard length Greenland paddles found in museums (at least, those I have seen documented) are almost all under 3 inches in width. My wife's, because of the small size of her hands, is somewhere between 2-3/4 and 2-7/8 inches. This so worried Trys Morris, when I persuaded her to try rolling with it at the Great Lakes Sea Kayak Symposium last weekend, that she asked me to spot her. She did fine, however, except for getting soaked because she had forgotten that she had removed her paddle jacket! Small world: Trys and my wife, Linda, were delighted to discover they are from the same small town in England (Chingford), though I think Linda left before Trys was born. Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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