At 11:38 AM -0400 9/16/02, Rcgibbert_at_aol.com wrote: >In a message dated 9/15/2002 5:11:50 PM Pacific Daylight Time, >rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com writes: > > >> However, I was wondering whether a Greenland paddle has the >> sheer power to get you out of a jam, say if you suddenly find yourself >> being >> swept into a dangerous close pier by gale winds. > >I find them, Greenland Paddles, to be as effective as other paddles in >extreme conditions if one uses the appropriate technique for the condition. >The sliding stroke with a more vertical entry will provide the initial >outburst necessary to compete against prevailing conditions. Once up to speed >a standard stroke is as fast as one from the other paddles. If a GP is as effective as a "euro" only if you use proper technique, why can't you use those same techniques on a euro to make it even more effective? Why doesn't a sliding stroke with a euro increase its power in the same way the stroke increases the power of a GP? > >In bad winds, a GP, in my opinion, is much less susceptable to wind. It stays >lower along the deck for one thing and the edges are much finer and offer >much less surface to be grabbed by the wind. When one goes vertical the blade >is typically deeper and is still much less of a target for wind. For sea >kayaking I've not gone back to the other side. I find no reason as GP's are >again, in my opinion, emeinently more useful. I am confused about why a euro does not stay close to the deck like a GP. What is it about the euro that makes it so this technique is not possible? And again, why can't you use a sliding stroke to reduce the exposed area of the blade? If the advantage of a GP is a low stroke posture and the ability to do a sliding stroke, I don't know why these advantages are not available to the euro. -- Nick Schade Guillemot Kayaks 824 Thompson St Glastonbury, CT 06033 (860) 659-8847 *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Sep 16 2002 - 09:46:52 PDT
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