If worse comes to worse Michael, then drill new holes in a different position maintaining the desired feathers and fill the old ones in. Mind you, if you love a paddle that much then $300 is a reasonable investment compared to using something second-best. In my experience split carbon shafts appear to grind out their pin holes quicker than fiberglass ones. Any of you materials experts out there got a view on this? Fellow instructors down here who also give their paddles a bit of curry in the surf, rocks and the like are tending towards using 60% - 80% carbon paddles not 100% ones as the latter don't take it so well. Some are even using bullet-proof wildwater slalom paddles for all types of paddling to great effect though they are pretty brutal to use. Richard Sydney, Australia *************************************************************************** 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 25 2005 - 01:42:56 PST
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