I wrote: > paddlers because they tend to pry one hand open on the push side of > your non-feathering hand. Mike responded: >>>>>>>I always open my hands on both sides, so I've never noticed such a thing. If you set the feather to the correct angle for your stroke, there's no need to have a control hand.<<<<<<<<< Just where was it that I wrote I had a "control hand" again. I think you are misinterpreting what I wrote. In fact, I was very careful to word that sentence without using "control hand" because I wanted to point out which side had the problem without implying there needed to be a control hand. It doesn't matter what feather you use, you don't need a "control hand" (the "correct angle" for my stroke might work fine in calm conditions but is hell into headwinds). I use 75 degrees of feather because much shallower feathers start climbing and diving going into strong winds. I have advocated controlling the paddle with the hand nearest the blade in the water for about 20 years now. George Gronseth (who prefers unfeathered) even agree on this and I now call it "Low hand control". For unfeathered paddlers it avoids the energy wasting elbow lift "hook" style stroke caused by having to adjust for the roughly 45 degree rotation of the paddle caused by just lifting the hand for the next stroke if you don't release your grip on the "high" hand. Of course with a low Eskimo style stroke this is less necessary. I open my hand on the push side too but on one side the bent shaft angles downward from the thumb on the push side (and is quite comfortable since that what my hand would prefer to do), but the other side pries the outside edge of my hand upwards and pushes my thumb downwards even though I have my hand open and my pointing fingers forward. This forces my wrist to twist or my elbow to swing up and out. jwd_at_acm.org seemed to question the ability to do an Eskimo stroke with a Euro paddle. He asked: >>>>>>>>>>>Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Epic Paddles On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 08:01:03PM -0400, Nick Schade wrote: > The best solution for flutter I have heard widely talked about is the > "canted" stroke advocated by some Greenland style paddlers. This > technique seems to automatically eliminate flutter, and when I look at > my own stroke with a Euro paddle I see that it is "canted" even though > I never consciously incorporated the technique. Euro paddle?<<<<<<<<<, Last fall after a similar discussion, and a question from Nick about why a Euro paddle couldn't also use a tilt blade Eskimo style stroke, I tried the blade angled top forward, Eskimo stroke, for some time with my short wide Euro (75 degree feather) blades and it worked just fine. I added a new stroke to my quiver to switch off too if I get tired. Thanks Nick. The wing stroke is also a canted stroke, but to the side. The Eskimo canted stroke has one flutter, when the blade direction goes from down to up. (Note: this is not a criticism, just an observation. Matt Broze http://www.marinerkayaks.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 Jun 09 2003 - 19:46:42 PDT
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