[Paddlewise] wooden bent shaft kayak paddle?

From: Marian Gunkel <marian-list_at_gmx.de>
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 12:13:36 +0200
Folks,

has anybody seen, built or paddled a wooden bent shaft paddle? 

I could not quite enjoy my last paddle days at Cornwall, UK due to
tendonitis (my left mouse arm showed RSI symptoms before). After some
paddling days, the tendonitis got even worse when I was hiking the South
West Coastal Path. :-(

Anyway, now I can somewhat type again and I am looking for ways to avoid
tendonitis in the future. 
Has anybody seen or paddled a wooden bent shaft kayak paddle? I quite
like the fiberglass bent shaft paddles I have tried so far (Lendal and
Lettmann) but I am really sold on wood as a paddle material. 
So my ideal paddle would be a wooden paddle with a bent shaft where I
might change the shaft length by a couple of cm's (which is possible
with fiberglass paddles and i.e. a special Lendal ferrule). 

I can always use my Aleut and Greenland paddles (did not bring them to
Cornwall but a large-bladed Nimbus Charlotte) but a bent shaft would be
nice as well. 

Cheers and thanks,
Marian

-- 
Marian Gunkel, Berlin, Germany
http://www.mariangunkel.de

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