Re: [Paddlewise] Paddle question

>It does not matter what you think or even if you can't
think. I just need to know what you think you think.



   Ok, I'm willing to get the ball rolling. When I use the term "Greenland"
paddle I am making an almost generic reference to a wooden paddle with a
high aspect ratio which is symmetrical in design to the point that it's the
same thing to use end to end and face to face. An Aleutian paddle is similar
except that in has a more distinct face and back to it. A Euro paddle is
pretty much anything I don't call Inuit :-) At just what point a paddle
ceases to be Inuit and becomes Euro I could not even begin to speculate. I
suppose when you get right down to it the distinction, at least by my way of
thinking, is probably more of high aspect ratio verses low aspect ratio, but
it's just so much easier to say "Greenland" or "Euro." :-))

Scott
So.Cal.
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