Message-Id: <3197C4CC.75A9@mindport.net>
Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 19:25:00 -0400
From: Nick Schade <mindport.net!Schade@imagelan.com>
To: baidarka@imagelan.com
Subject: Re: Kayak Touring Paddles
freenet.edmonton.ab.ca!pjwylie@imagelan.com wrote:
>
> I am curious to know if it is a practice among some to employ different
> paddles while paddling a 21.65 Baiarka?
>
> For instance: if the rear paddler were using a Werner "CAMANO" paddle and
> the person up in the forward cockpit were using a Werner "LITTLE DIPPER"
> paddle.
>
> For the sake of cadence and Kayak performance from the combined power
> stroke of the two paddlers would there be any significance? Or any
> significance found otherwise with different paddles being employed.
> It seems to me that if it were a woman
> in the forward hatch she might find the "Little Dipper" paddle easier to
> work with than the Werner "CAMANO". Or is it more important that the two
> paddles be a matched pair for Kayak performance?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Philip Wylie
>
> The eye refuses to see what the mind does not know! ( Deepak Chopra )
>
> email: pjwylie@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca
I think the primary goal should be to match cadence. If it takes two
different sized paddles for two different individuals to paddle
comfortably at the same cadence then so be it. Obviously, the two
paddlers may not be applying the same amount of power. The only reason
to have matched paddles is aesthetic.
--
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