By way of brief general introduction: Jochen Grikschat (his message in copy below) is an old dog sea kayaker from Germany who has just joined the list. He also has a bit of a reputation on the other side of the pond for being the man to ask about paddles ... Ralph C. Hoehn Ralph_at_PouchBoats.com www.PouchBoats.com In a message dated Fri, 9 Feb 2001 11:06:38 AM Eastern Standard Time, "Jochen Grikschat" <grikschat_at_surfeu.de> writes: << Hi Mike! Lendal is one of the best! Especially for touring blades (paddlers). Archipelepago ist the smaller blade, I use the Nordkapp-blade. Without any Problems. But! Donīt order the G1F !!! This shaft is just for racers interessting. It is much too soft for a touring paddle! Will break by nextbest heavily touch with an edge. Best shaft is the HPS (expencive !) an the next, the G 2F. Carbon with Glasfiber. Or was it 3 F? I donīt remember all the No...s Take the highest version. HPS is just the best for canoe polo. The variable centre joint fitted system is great. good luck bye Jochen Grikschat *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Thu Aug 21 2025 - 16:33:20 PDT