What about drilling a hole, just large enough to take a locking cable, in the blade of the paddle. You would lose some paddle efficiency, but that, IMO, is better than compromising the strength of the shaft. So who will speak against holy paddles, or should I say holey? Dana Dickson *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Dickson, Dana A. wrote: > What about drilling a hole, just large enough to take a locking cable, > in the blade of the paddle. You would lose some paddle efficiency, but > that, IMO, is better than compromising the strength of the shaft. > > So who will speak against holy paddles, or should I say holey? Wouldn't you want to drill one in both blades, to keep your stroke symmetrical? ;) Steve -- Steve Cramer Athens, GA http://www.savvypaddler.com *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Steve Cramer <cramersec_at_charter.net> schrieb am 18.05.2007, 09:21 Uhr: > Dickson, Dana A. wrote: > >What about drilling a hole, just large enough to take a locking cable, > >in the blade of the paddle. You would lose some paddle efficiency, but > >that, IMO, is better than compromising the strength of the shaft. > > > >So who will speak against holy paddles, or should I say holey? > > Wouldn't you want to drill one in both blades, to keep your stroke > symmetrical? ;) hey, you'll have to it was separable :-) Ulrich *************************************************************************** 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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