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TR: Deep Creek to Owyhee River (ID OR)
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Bill Tuthill
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As long as some of the regulars are still hanging around, contributing
trip reports and their years of accumulated knowledge I refuse to give
up on rbp's potential.
Then let me ask a question I posted on Boatertalk.com, so far unanswered.
On a recent trip I compared my Lightning Freeride to
a Carlisle RS Magic (drips most), a Werner freestyle
of unknown type (drips more) and a Lightning symmetric.
With Freeride there's virtually no dripping down the shaft.
I have no idea why. Drip rings are unnecessary!
The Lightning Freeride isn't as good as a Werner dihedral
for backstroking, but it's fine going forward.
In 2005 I see that Werner has two basic lines of non-black
paddles. (I refuse to buy black because it's easy to lose.)
There are ones with downturned blades, and ones with the
typical "freestyle" asymmetric blade shape, not downturned.
Does anyone know if the downturned models (Twist, Player,
Sidekick, in order of size) drip less down the shaft and
shed water as well as a Lightning Freeride?
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