Petero wrote: "Would it be practical to shorten the paddle sufficiently that you could have a truly vertical stroke in which the hand passes below the eyes and the upper arm is consequently below the shoulder?" Yes. It is called a Greenland paddle! If custom cut as per the commonly recommended guidelines, one's hands are only shoulder width apart. A vertical stroke with this paddle will keep the elbow at just about the maximum safe height. It is not here the whole time, but is during the actual stroke, once the plant has been made and force is being applied. 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jan 18 2005 - 08:49:59 PST
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