A Greenland paddle is made from one piece of wood and is not feathered, or "featherable". The center of the paddle flows into the blades seamlessly, and the blades are long, starting close to the center, and flaring slightly toward the ends. The blades are basically flat, though carved to be a bit rounded on the edges. In a message dated 9/7/2004 1:39:57 PM Pacific Daylight Time, jdwinters_at_eastlink.ca writes: > 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. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
> A Greenland paddle is made from one piece of wood and is not feathered, or > "featherable". The center of the paddle flows into the blades seamlessly, and > the blades are long, starting close to the center, and flaring slightly toward > the ends. The blades are basically flat, though carved to be a bit rounded on > the edges. Probably long blades starting close to the center is the most reliable criterium (and easily recognizable feature in a pile of different paddles). I was wrong writing of plastics and composites as distinctive non-GP features (as I've been told recently, somebody has made a GP with wooden-composite blades, - though I have never seen any "alive" or on the web). And there are commercially manufactured GP made of 2 pieces of wood (Feathercraft Klatwa). With flat or spooned blades it is not that conclusive - GP is flat, but blades of Euro can be both flat (in cheap brands) or spoon-shaped. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Alex wrote: > I was wrong writing of plastics and composites as distinctive non-GP > features (as I've been told recently, somebody has made a GP with > wooden-composite blades, - though I have never seen any "alive" or on the > web). > see: http://www.superiorkayaks.com/superiorkayaks006.htm http://www.superiorkayaks.com/superiorkayaks007.htm http://www.superiorkayaks.com/superiorkayaks008.htm no affiliation, other than knowing Mark makes composite GP Play Hard, Erik S *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Regarding the composite Greenland style paddles - I have demoed Mark Rogers' carbon paddle and it is light as a feather, flexible and fun to use. My first attempt at using it was weird. I reached forward and waved the blade through the air and almost fell out of the boat. It was the first time I realized that I let the weight of the paddle bring the blade down to the water. Since Mark's paddle has no weight, the blade didn't come down! I had to learn how to paddle all over again. Jim Tibensky *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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