From: "ralph diaz" <rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com> > If any of the wetness is from water running down the shaft, have you tried > tying a twisted cord around the shaft to act as a drip ring. Some people > around here are doing this including Bruce who commented just now on how his > GP was able to move his fat Folbot Aleut out of the piers area. Good idea. Interesting you should mention the Aleut; I usually use Euro paddles with the fat boats and a GP with my skinny boats, but something the other day made me reconsider that. I was paddling with a friend who had borrowed my Aleut, and she asked if she could try my (pseudo-GP) Werner Arctic Wind instead of the fatter wooden paddle I'd selected for her. She raved about how much more responsive and easy to use the Arctic Wind was. -- mike ----------------------------------- Michael Edelman medelman_at_ameritech.net http://www.foldingkayaks.org http://www.findascope.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 Tue Sep 17 2002 - 12:48:38 PDT
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