John wrote: "Another problem we should consider in the quest for high lift has to do with the difficulty in maintaining any angle of attack through the water much less the ideal angle of attack. Can paddlers actually achieve and maintain the desired angle of attack? " I don't. I use my Euro paddle in a bad chop. Pretty hard to screw up on 90 degrees, plus or minus! Also, since this tends to be a slow speed, slugging into wind and waves situation, the slow speed/accelerating properties of the Euro blade work better than the GP. But the more I use the GP, the bigger the chop I can paddle with it. Rob. *************************************************************************** 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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