A quick point on weight and weight distribution. This is a simple observation made with limited data points, so I'm not claiming fact here, but just suggesting paddle weight in use is complicated by buoyancy in a similar but opposite way as windage. The weight of the paddle in air might be different than the effective mass of the paddle in use. My GP is quite buoyant. I'm not required to support a lot of it's weight while in use. And I think I use it to take advantage of that buoyancy by paddling a little more vertical at times thus resting the off-side weight on the submerged blade a little, and allowing the float to pop the submerged blade out of the water and start the swing going. Having an EP that also has buoyant blades I believe I can separate the buoyancy from the other EP/GP characteristics. I like the floaty blades on that EP too. A rhythm can be established that sort of bounces the paddle from side to side making use of the buoyancy. *************************************************************************** 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 Sat Jul 17 2010 - 07:30:30 PDT
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