I've only ever tried one once. P'wiser Mike Hanks (Mike, you reading this?) has built one or two. He told me they're a lot better for speed, and good, but not as good for rolling than GP's. Aleut paddles are symmetrical side-to-side and top-bottom, but there is a power face and a back face. A skilled Aleut paddler was reportedly able to keep a baidarka going 8-9 knots, consistently with one of these paddles. That's like Greg Barton in a surf ski. I think Wolfgang Brinck's book 'The Aleutian Kayak' has images and a description of how to build one of these paddles. I'm not aware that there is an equivalent to Chuck Holst's excellent online article on building Greenland Paddles. Shawn knelson_at_captivasoftware.com wrote: >Have you, or anyone reading this, ever tried symmetrical Aleut paddles? I'm seriously looking at starting one but first hand information has been scarce. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! News - Today's headlines http://news.yahoo.com *************************************************************************** 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 - 10:47:44 PDT
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