From: Julio MacWilliams <juliom@cisco.com>
Message-Id: <199710100746.AAA17938@monarch.cisco.com>
Subject: Re: Inuit Storm Paddle
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 00:46:13 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <343DB4E5.2ED4@idt.net> from "William J. Russell" at Oct 10, 97 00:53:57 am
The blades are identical in size to a normal paddle, only the loom
is shorter.
The size of the loom is two hands, or 8 to 10 fingers if you want
to measure it that way.
The reason why the loom is shorter is because it makes it faster
to slide the paddle from on side to the other to do alternate braces
or both sides continuously. They are also easier to control when
there is a lot of water breaking all around you.
Now, it is easy to get too used to the storm paddle and tend to
slide the normal paddle side to side as well. In other words, learn
to use it, but do not abuse it.
- Julio
>
> I haven't had any questions on this list for some time, so here's
> one....I'd like to build an Inuit "storm paddle"....I recently finished
> an Inuit paddle made from one piece of Western Red Cedar (7' 3" in
> length)...now I"ve gotten the bug to make the storm paddle...I know the
> loom is shorted but I don't know what the deminsions should be for the
> loom, blades, overall length, etc....any ideas or comments in this area
> would be greatly appreciated....Russell
>