Subject: Re: baidarka drip rings for narrow blade
From: Phil Ellis (pcoellis@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Jan 05 2001 - 21:14:23 EST
I built a copy of 197, but haven't used it in a long time. It seems to work
o.k., is comfortably flexible and weighs about 38 oz.(probably a little more
with the bone tips, which I didn't bother with).
It is, however, way long, and induces a considerable turning moment with
each stroke. Back when I was using it I had a 16' skin-on-frame and a Folbot
Super; the former was considerably affected, the Folbot wasn't. I never
tried rolling with it because I didn't know how, but it might be an
interesting thing to experiment with next summer.
Regards,
Phil
>From: "Douglas Ingram" <redcanoe@pangea.ca>
>Reply-To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
>To: <baidarka@lists.intelenet.net>
>Subject: Re: baidarka drip rings for narrow blade
>Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 18:35:19 -0600
>
>In regards to drip rings and paddles in general, does anybody have any
>experience with the paddles in Adney & Chapelle. I have always found the
>paddle in fig. 197 to be particularily elegant, does it perform up to its
>appearance? Fig. 205 looks interesting too, in particular due to its built
>in drip rings and grips. 197 seems to have some drip rings too, but
>smaller.
>
>Douglas Ingram
>Red River Canoe & Paddle
>Lorette, Manitoba
>
> > The center of the loom stays dry for me, but water does run off the
>outside
> > of each hand onto the spray skirt. In an earlier hull with the small
>round
> > or oval cockpits, the hand position would have been over the peak of the
> > deck ahead of the cockpit and their "spray skirt"; therefore water on
>the
> > spray deck was prevented. This is a problem unique to our modern
>cockpits,
> > one of the negatives to go with the many positives of our current
>designs.
> >
> > I just accept that my hands are going to get wet. In Puget Sound or SE
> > Alaska, where I do most of my paddling, I welcome touching the water; in
> > fact, I often stroke my lower hand into the water just to touch it, or
>maybe
> > cool off a bit. My paddle looms are sanded and oiled redcedar, which
>does
> > not require a hard grip to maintain control; in fact, the light touch is
>by
> > far the best. I very seldom get callouses or blisters from the blades.
> >
>
>
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