Peter: The Nordkapp is standard in Israel as the all around paddle. But it seems there is no one paddle good for everything. I could certainly paddle faster with the Archipelago, but I did miss the extra bite on sweep strokes and in the surf. I'm thinking, though, of cutting my Lendal blade to Archipelago proportions (with a hacksaw? I'm not the tool-oriented type...), or something in-between. Nigel has suggested that, but of course he probably has tons of these blades hanging around... Josh At 22:59 18/04/01, you wrote: >"Josh >(who loves paddling his new turquoise Romany Explorer, and has discovered >that he can paddle much faster with the Archipelago blade than the Nordkapp >blade (Lendal)...)" >Mirrors my experience. I bought a Lendal Nordkapp and used it for only one >long, weary day. I took it back to the shop in mint condition and exchanged >it for the Archipelago. I've been happy enough with that since. >Peter Treby >37°42'S 145°08'E ============================================================================== Dr. Joshua Teitelbaum, Research Fellow Tel: [972] 3-640-6448 Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and Fax: [972] 3-641-5802 African Studies Tel Aviv University Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 69978 Israel E-mail:teitelba_at_post.tau.ac.il www.dayan.org ============================================================================== *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Apr 22 2001 - 04:20:38 PDT
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