Steve wrote; SNIP >Anyway, it seems like we are about 1" apart in our positions, but that we >would each wear out our keyboards trying to close that gap - without >success. That sometimes happens. >One thing I am wondering, is whether the fussiness of the GL paddle (which >we agree on) is integral to it's easiness on the body, or if it's the small >submerged blade area during a cruising stroke, or both. Maybe both. My own experience suggests that one can duplicate the feel of a GP paddle using a small area low aspect ratio paddle. Unfortunately, this also falls into the opinion category so I would never suggest that it actually happens only that it seemd to me that it did. >I don't know if there are any extreme high aspect ratio paddles out there >with curved asymmetrical blades? If so, it would be interesting to see if >they retain the same benefits on the body for cruising, even though they >would not retain the GL paddles benefits for sculling. I made one, tried it and it felt really strange unless I used the sprint racer's stroke. Didn't feel all that bad then but it did act strange in anything but a forward stroke. If I had spent mor time with it maybe I would have changed my mind but time was in short supply at the time. Cheers John Winters *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Sep 10 2004 - 17:45:36 PDT
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