PT, when the boat has started to turn the direction you want to go reach forward and put the blade in parallel with the boat, as in your hanging draw (aka sideslip) and open the blade's leading edge a bit. The shaft should be vertical. The more you open the leading edge the more draw action you will get. Of course if you open it up too much the stress will be on the connection joint between the boat and the blade, your body! OUCH. Boat tilt helps a bunch as well as body rotation toward the turn. You got it on the hanging draw (IMO a dumb name as draw describes motion and hanging doesn't). A cool trick is to first start the boat turning the opposite way you want to draw and then counter the turning action of the hull with the opening action of the blade. A cool balance. steve *************************************************************************** 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 25 2002 - 17:33:37 PDT
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