Re: [Paddlewise] Deploying a spare Paddle

> 
> Thanks for the comments. Looks like I may have to relocate the "spare"
> paddle to the front if the quick deploy paddlebag doesn't work. Now this
> will probably sound dumb but is there any difference between a storm paddle
> and a spare other than where its located?

I think I would take the 'dumb' description for assuming a universal
understanding of what a Storm paddle is Peter, not your question.  A
Storm paddle is a shortened version of of the Greenland 'stick',
approximately 6 foot (1.82+ m), carved from wood with a generally
slightly wider blade, palm width loom, or a direct taper with no
apparent loon.  It is paddled with a sliding stroke to get extension,
but I would let someone like Greg Stamer describe this as he is our
resident expert.  Ray Killen, another fine local traditional style 
paddler, learned the use of the storm paddle by using it exclusively on
a circumnavigation of Manhattan.
I make mine out of a local cedar, simple hand tools (primarily, though I
can produce one in about 1.5 hours using a power planar and finished
with hand tools) and a good finish, though some do not finish it.  I am
currently working on some fiberglass substitutes for epoxy to maintain
the incredible lightness.
The storm paddle is packed both on the front deck or on the back deck. 
Betsie Bay, a fine producer of these paddles, equip their boats with a
rear deck tie down

> 
> By the way the paddle in the incident got broken while my friend was
> attempting something like a "headstand roll" for the first time. It broke at
> the blade not the shaft. He is actually a very good roller.

I broke it during a lesson by powering it far too hard.  It had a thin
loom and I was insensitive.
> 



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