RE: [Paddlewise] Paddle flutter

Ah The Chattahoochee--I remember well my alma mater
"Far above the Chattahoochee,
Near the......

Stands our loyal alma mater Benning School For Boys".

As far as the paddles go, I use a MidSwift as my normal paddle, my spare is
a SeaSwift (also used in large seas), my wife uses a MidSwift, and many of
my friends also use Swift paddles. Nobody to my knowledge has ever had blade
flutter. I would suggest getting in touch with Eddyline and asking them
about it.

The reason my wife has a MidSwift now is because one day she tried mine in
stead of her all carbon paddle. She fell in love with it and had to have one
because it is easier to use than her other paddle. The only way someone will
get mine is if they pry my cold dead fingers off of it. ;-)

Steve Holtzman

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net
> [mailto:owner-paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net]On Behalf Of John Gibbs
> Sent: November 29, 2001 12:36 PM
> To: PaddleWise_at_paddlewise.net
> Subject: [Paddlewise] Paddle flutter
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> Greetings from a new PaddleWise member, and a new paddler, in
> Roswell, GA, 1/4
> mile from the Chattahoochee River.
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> After a couple weeks' paddling my new Zoar Sport kayak with the flat-blade
> Carlisle I bought as a spare, I received shipment of a Eddyline MidSwift
> paddle. It's nice and light, and I like the blade size, but I
> notice a fairly
> pronounced flutter, as it gyrates a bit on its axis a couple cycles per
> stroke. I'm deciding whether to return it and order a Lightning paddle or
> something else.
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> Is this flutter a paddler issue I can correct without implementing a death
> grip? I'm trying to form the practice of holding the paddle
> lightly to protect
> my 48-year-old wrists that get enough abuse from the mouse and
> the keyboard.
> If it's an unavoidabler feature of this paddle, should I consider it a
> substantial performance or ergonomic liability?
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