At 10:23 PM -0500 5/19/01, skylakeboatworks_at_yahoo.com wrote: >I wonder if the narrow paddle works better because the entry is cleaner? >John used the words 'feel better'. I would presume the gradual insertion of >the paddle blade into the water to feel better than the 'kerplunk' of a wide >blade. I designed a double paddle with a long blade tapering to almost a >point, relatively speaking, and it is very nice to use and I like the feel >of it. I haven't had experience with different paddle shapes, but from the >canoe paddles that I have used (almost all the good old square bottom >paddles, el cheepo's) this is much nicer. I have found that a clean entry is largely dependant on the end shape. Rounded tends to be cleaner. I've made both euro and greenland paddles with both rounded and squared ends. Rounded tends to enter quietly, square goes "kerplunk". I actually broke the tip of one of my euro blades last weekend. It had a square end and the other end was round, so I went kerplunk, swish, kerplunk, swish, kerplunk, swish, ... By the way, even though one end was about 4 sq inches smaller than the other I didn't really notice it. Other than the noise. Nick -- Nick Schade Guillemot Kayaks 824 Thompson St Glastonbury, CT 06033 (860) 659-8847 *************************************************************************** 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 Mon May 21 2001 - 06:44:49 PDT
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