[Paddlewise] "Long" GP Paddle for Tom

From: <skimmer_at_enter.net>
Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 23:23:15 4
Subject:       Re: [Paddlewise] rolling

Hi Tom,

You said, " I'm tall, and I've always had a high angle stroke... 
and because my GP is long, I tended to have too much of it in the 
water."
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I use long paddles, which I have been told (for a couple of decades) 
is wrong, wrong, wrong. I am only able to sustain a shade under 5 mph 
with my old 9 ft euro. blade. I am 6ft 3in. 

That said, what do you mean by "Long" GP and how tall are you? Whhat 
means "too much" of the paddle in the water? What is your stroke rate 
for cruising and what is your cruising speed?

Thanks,
Chuck Sutherland
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