At 08:55 AM 5/12/2001 -0500, Dennis, Becky & Natalie wrote: >Is a "hanging draw" a static draw while the boat is in motion, or is it a >sculling draw? And what do you do with it? It's the former. It is a static stroke (that is, once the blade is in position it isn't moved). The paddle shaft should be near vertical and close to the hull. The blade should be just behind the hip and ever so slightly angled such that the leading edge is just a bit outside the trailing edge. The upper body should be rotated toward the side with the paddle in the water. The boat should travel sideways. It can be a tricky stroke to master because too much blade angle causes the paddle to move away from the hull and cause the boat to turn. Too little blade angle and the leading edge will turn toward the hull and the blade will start to move *under* the boat. If you don't react quickly it's easy to capsize and you're not in a good bracing position. I often use it when I am paddling up to a dock and want to come up parallel. It's not really an aggressive stroke. If you need to move the boat sideways quickly (ie. to avoid an obstacle) while on the move, a "draw on the move" is better. Basically, you reach out to the side with a fairly vertical shaft and the power face toward the hull and parallel to it, and draw the blade straight toward the boat vigoursly. *************************************************************************** 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 Sat May 12 2001 - 14:31:32 PDT
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