"Shawn Baker" shawnkayak_at_yahoo.com wrote: << I've found it works well if you "abandon" your normal hand placement. Reach out and hold the paddle so that each hand is only a foot or less from the root of the blade. >> "Jed Luby" SeaKayakNH_at_aol.com wrote: >Um, that is my normal hand position. Help, Dr Shawn, Help! Once again, office paddling is proven to be less effective than the wet stuff. Farther outboard than that, even. I guess my hands are even closer to the roots of my paddle blades. Looks sort of like a drunken Frankenstein, but I can propel myself through the water pretty quickly. In retrospect, I'm using a fairly vertical stroke, and the in-water blade is almost under my body. Shawn Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com *************************************************************************** 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 Sep 24 2001 - 07:21:51 PDT
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