Re: [Paddlewise] Switching paddle types

From: Nick Schade <schade_at_guillemot-kayaks.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 12:57:17 -0400
At 8:33 AM -0700 9/19/02, Shawn Baker wrote:
>Shawn wrote:
>>>But that's really more of a chapter for the feathered vs. unfeathered
>>>debate. :)
>
>Nick wrote:
>>I find it funny how up tight people get about feathering. Uh,
>>horrors, you need to cock your wrist! Yes, it is there, no doubt.
>
>You cock your wrist with an extended paddle stroke?
>

Yes. I do a sliding stroke with a EP exactly like a non-sliding 
(fixed) stroke, I just add the slide. This makes it so I don't loose 
any of the indexing I get from the shape of the shaft. Therefore if 
the indexing is sufficient for a fixed stroke it should still be 
sufficient if you slide it. This of course doesn't work if you have 
one of those cheap EPs with the little index taped on just in the 
grip area. And if you want, you can also slide up to where you feel 
the blade where you can use the blade as an index.
-- 
Nick Schade
Guillemot Kayaks
824 Thompson St
Glastonbury, CT 06033
(860) 659-8847
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