> If you entered a kayak boutique and saw a rack of paddles what physical > characteristics would you look for to distinguish a Greenland paddle from a > Euro paddle. Almost nothing to add after responses by Chuck and Rob. I personally would look for wood first of all (not a decisive criteria, but will exclude most of non-GP paddles in boutique). There must be some reason, but everybody seems to make GP of wood (sharp edges of composite to slide hands along?). Then, of course, I would look for "high-aspect" blades, or in another words, and without exhausting myself by brain work, - for paddles with so much blade that there is almost no shaft :-), where most of paddle length (75-80%) is taken by blades. *************************************************************************** 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 07 2004 - 20:03:13 PDT
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