Re: [Paddlewise] Paddle flutter

From: Joe Pylka <pylka_at_castle.net>
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 13:58:42 -0500
> The people I've talked to who had problems with paddle
> flutter usually report it goes away seemingly of its own accord.
> Since it is unlikely the paddle got better, it is more likely they
> adjusted their technique without knowing it.
>
        Around here paddlers have noted that some canoe paddles are more
prone to flutter than others.  This seems to be directly related to how
large a bulge is produced where the shaft forms into the blade.  My
Mitchells, with very little bulge, flutter far less than the Sawyers, which
carry the shaft body much further down the blade area...


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