RE: [Paddlewise] Who Took Shaun White Sea Kayaking?

Craig said :
>take the  Lightning paddle and use it in a wing stroke over a 
>course and then take the wing paddle and cover the same course
>and compare the results

This approach was my final test of the Greenland paddle (GP), as I
contemplated abandoning the Euro I had previously used. I had spent a month
'coming up to speed' and had been doing laps of a local lake after work (to
build fitness for an annual race - another story, not really relevant).

Anyway, I found I was with a second or two per lap - which was greater than
my margin of error - so I retired the Euro blade and embraced the Wood Side.


It was only a year or so later, when I thought a bit more about it, that I
realised that my (very non-Epic) sea kayak would probably still lap the lake
at that speed - with me driving it - if I used anything from a wooden spoon
up to the latest carbon wing... I was effectively at 'hull speed' for my
energy output and pretty much into the vertical part of its energy-speed
curve.
	
Ever since I built one of Nick's Mystery (racing) sea-kayaks, I've been
meaning to re-familiarise myself with the now-dusty Euro blade and see if I
can push that boat (leaves an Epic for dead ;-) any faster - with what
_should_ be a faster paddle. I mean if it's not a faster paddle, why are 90%
of the worlds' sea kayakers using it ?

Long ramble Craig, but consider whether you can get that boat to go any
faster without an outboard.

Best Regards
Paul Hayward, Auckland, New Zealand
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