Re: [Paddlewise] Paddle flutter

At 6:08 PM -0500 12/2/01, Michael Daly wrote:
>
>PS - I can't help but notice that the vendors on this list tend to recommend
>changing the paddler rather than the gear - or is that my imagination :-)


Sounds like a bad business practice if that's the case. It is easier 
to sell more product if you convince people that all they need is 
another "better" paddle. I suggested learning to deal with the paddle 
in hand because it was the paddle in hand and it seems a waste to go 
out and buy a different paddle when the one in hand will probably 
serve just fine with a small change in technique.

Someone suggested offline that I think highly of the the Eddyline 
paddle. I have no opinion about the paddle, I've never laid eyes on 
one. It is just my experience that people learn to accommodate the 
apparent  tendency of their paddle to flutter rather quickly, and 
they shouldn't throw the baby out with the bath water.

>PPS - I do get my back up when misquoted.  A couple of times in this thread
>folks have suggested I said that paddles shouldn't flutter.  In fact 
>I have repeated
>that all paddles flutter, but some are better than others.  I 
>apologize if I have
>offended anyone with the apparent sharpness of my responses.

I will plead guilty to not always completely reading the meaning of 
peoples posts and responding to what I thought they were saying 
instead of what they really were saying.
-- 
Nick Schade
Guillemot Kayaks
824 Thompson St
Glastonbury, CT 06033
(860) 659-8847
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