timbre_at_spiger.com wrote: > > i haven't broken one, but i've bent a crappy aluminum one.... > what i was doing at the > time, other than a normal re-entry, was simply weighing 250+ pounds. > > bigger people need different solutions at times. ;-) > > ps my husband, who weighs 250+ as well, didn't bend the paddle. go > figure. maybe it's because i'm 5'4" and he's 5'10"? Maybe because he's tall enough that his weight is out on the end of the paddle, where it's supported by the float, and a lot of your weight ends up closer to the middle, where the paddle is the weakest? -- Steve ("...and turn the Speculator up to 10") *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Mar 06 2002 - 11:24:58 PST
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