Re: [Paddlewise] Paddle questions for folders (boats that is)

----- Original Message -----
From: <Rcgibbert_at_aol.com>
Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Paddle questions for folders (boats that is)


> In a message dated 9/10/2002 10:26:20 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> jwd_at_phonogram.net writes:
>
>
> > I'm looking for some recommendations for break-down paddles for travel
> > and use with folding kayaks (Feathercraft to be specific).  For
> > compact storage and travel convenience, I'm most interested in a
> > four-piece break-down model.
> >
> I use both Werner and Aquabound 4 piece paddles and like them both. Both
gain
> weight by the end of the day by emitting water into botton holes on the
> blade/shaft junction. Use dive regulator gaskets to minimize this.

I have found that the Aqualbound 4-piece takes on hardly any while the
Werner takes on copious amounts.  I inquired on this with Werner and after a
bit of a runaround about my possibly dipping my paddle blade too deeply in
the water (I paddle mostly in choppy conditions where the water has the rude
trait of coming to meet my blade) they sent me some upgrade pieces.  The one
that proved most useful was the replacement of the snap button holding the
blades to the shaft.  The original Werner one for some reason has a slit in
it that allows water to past directly into the hollow of the shaft and blade
end.  (The Aquabound is solid button with no such slit.) The replacement
from Werner is also now solid.  Leakage has dropped significantly.  They
also sent some gaskets to fit into the blade and shaft ends but I have not
used them because it would mean that small amount of water that those sneak
past the snap button would then stay lodged in the hollows of shaft and
blade end.

ralph diaz
***************************************************************************
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/
***************************************************************************