At 12:41 AM 9/11/02 -0500, James Durkin wrote: >Recently I've become interested in picking up a bent-shaft (crank-shaft??) >paddle. I got interested recently while looking for a 4-piece break-down >paddle for use with a folding kayak. The Lendal caught my eye, for >various reasons. Lendal features their bent-shaft paddles rather >prominently. Recently, as of this year I guess, Werner got into the act >too. The Werner design, however, is rather different in the position of >the bent areas, and in the relative position of the blades to the paddle >shaft centerline. I'm unfamiliar with any other manufacturers producing >such paddles. I've used both a bent shaft Lendal and a bent shaft Werner Kaliste. A couple of weeks ago I helped lead a group of the coast of Newfoundland (as soon as the outfitter found out I had a lot of experience he volunteered me to help lead a group of 12 beginners). He let me use his bent shaft Lendal. I didn't like it. The bend felt too far out from where I normally hold a paddle so I never felt secure bracing. A friend of mine recently bought a 220cm Werner Kaliste (graphite) and I liked it quite a bit more. I still prefer a straight shaft though. *************************************************************************** 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 Sep 11 2002 - 06:29:00 PDT
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