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![]() "Monk Terry" wrote in message oups.com... Sorry- I pushed post without adding my note! Following up on William's comments- If you all have fooled around solo in a canoe enough you will know that weight placement is very important to steering, especially in wind (less so in waves) . And jumping into the fray... I know that the particular strokes I use with my canoe paddle have lots of little variants that would be hard to replicate with a kayak blade. It could be argued that they don't need to be replicated, that kayak paddles have their own movements, but I can't imagine having the ablity to do such a smooth 'abeam' or being able to push the boat through narrow places with a kayak blade. In fact, the only place I can imagine a kayak paddle being even a little competitive with a single blade is on open water, moving straight ahead. And that is a very limited timeframe indeed. I think thats the reason that the users of canoes for hundreds and hundreds of years never used double-ended blades, although they were existant. --riverman |
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