Ralph; I was on that trip in my fat, slow folbot Aleut. Fittingly enough, I was also using an Aleutian (greenland variant) paddle. I had no trouble powering my way out. Like another post said, you just dig deep and vertical. Bruce Ralph Diaz wrote: <<< Just out of curiosity, I have a question that rises out of Melissa's answer. I know that generally in a cruising situation one with a Greenland paddle can keep up with or even be faster than paddlers with Europaddles (all else being equal); and the Greenland paddle is easier to learn to roll with and roll with. 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. Something like that happened the other day where it seemed I needed lots of immediate power to break free of the dicey situation. There is a reason why wide blades are used in whitewater and also generally in surfing. >>> *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Sep 17 2002 - 05:54:14 PDT
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