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Dumb question: which side of paddle faces me as I paddle(picture)?
http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/4576/00008845ax.jpg
ok , did a search . concave faces me and the stern. convex faces away from me and faces bow. I was using the wrong face. |
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Dumb question: which side of paddle faces me as I paddle(picture)?
novice wrote:
http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/4576/00008845ax.jpg ok , did a search . concave faces me and the stern. convex faces away from me and faces bow. I was using the wrong face. And the longer edge of the blade is the top. I wish I had a buck for every person I've seen using a paddle upside-down. |
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Dumb question: which side of paddle faces me as I paddle(picture)?
Brian Nystrom wrote: And the longer edge of the blade is the top. I wish I had a buck for every person I've seen using a paddle upside-down. Hee hee! That's something I always go over when instructing the beginner's class I teach, and I explain that when I say "You're paddle's upside down!", that means to switch it end for end too! Because that's not intuitively obvious to many beginners. Power (concave) face facing towards the rear/stern/back behind you (most times), and on assymetrical paddles the shorter end of the blade goes down. Or simpler; always hold the paddle so the manufacturer's label is readable! (not upside down!) After all, the manufacturerer wants you to advertize for them, yano? ;-) |
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Dumb question: which side of paddle faces me as I paddle(picture)?
"John Fereira" wrote in message .. . I see a lot of that too. It's usually used by someone sitting in the kayak as if it's a lounge chair. Their PFD is either being used as a backrest or is stuck under the deck bungies. Their feet dangling over the sides of the boat is optional, yet for some reason the paddler often is wearing gloves and has a paddle leash. Had to laugh at this vision. On a group trip in the Louisiana swamps, a guy was as described above: butt in seat, feet on front of kayak. You know what I was thinking: this is the guy who will end up in the soup. Sure enough, he tried to reposition himself to get his legs into the boat so he could power stroke his way through some shallow, weedy stuff and ended up in the mud up to his waist. His boat was full of mud and so was he. He smelled lovely. J |
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