I recently put a couple of turk's head knots on my Greenland stick. I used 3/16" nylon and cut the ends off short. They work very well, and "trip" at least 75% of the water that runs down the blade. The problem is I put them only about 8" down the shafts/blades from where I normally grip the paddle. This means they tend to drip on to the spray skirt, and the water runs into my lap anyway. Keeps my hands a bit drier, but about the same everywhere else. So, if you try this, make sure you locate the ring well down the shaft, where it will drip on the deck, not on the skirt. Rob. *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Jul 18 2002 - 13:15:44 PDT
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