[Paddlewise] Feathered?

Steve wrote;
>- -Derek says you should. On the other hand Derek explains away the 
>Greenland
>paddle by asserting that the Inuits never thought of feathering a paddle.
>That seems very presumptuous to me.

Worse than presumptious. Here I quote from John Brand.

"Derek C. Hutchinson was kind enough to write an encouraging 
letter(regarding one of John's books) , - 'I have an item I have treasured 
for many years. I shall wrap it and take it with me to the Crystal Palace'. 
The mystery object (30 degree twisted paddle believed dating from the 18th 
century)  turned out to be the subject of these notes."

Notes in brackets are mine.

You can find the full text in John Brand's "The Little Kayak Book Part II" 
pages 47 through 49. The notes include drawings taken off the paddle 
including offsets etc.

Sorry John's Little Kayak books are out of print and I don't have any plans 
to reprint them in the future. Hopefully I can find enough motivation to 
publish a similar book with improved analysis and mor precise focus.

Cheers

John Winters 
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