RE: [Paddlewise] CKF: The Last Word on Paddle Choice

It will be interesting to see which way your kayak tends to circle.  We
expect a full report considering all combinations of forward speed, cadence
as well as wind and wave conditions.  

Dave


> [Original Message]
> From: Mark Sanders <sandmarks_at_ca.rr.com>
> To: PaddleWise <paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net>; CKF <ckf_at_paddlewise.net>
> Date: 11/28/2007 3:57:56 PM
> Subject: CKF: The Last Word on Paddle Choice
>
> Without fanfare, or even knock on the door, I discovered in my garage
today
> a 220cm wooden crate redolent with the lingering fragrance of Big Island
> plumeria. Judicious use of power tools liberated my new beefed up 215cm
ONNO
> paddle from inside. Patrick had warned me to have my demolition tools
handy.
>
> Also in my garage are two pieces of Sitka Spruce waiting to be laminated
and
> freed from anything superfluous to a Greenland Paddle.
>
> I am torn over which I might use the most when both are at my beck and
call
> and I can tell their are others out there who vacillate between the two
> worlds. Perhaps they will find this other paddle from my garage the
perfect
> blend of old and new:
>
> http://www.sandmarks.net/Hybrid.jpg
>
> www.SandMarks.net
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