"Te Canaille" wrote in message
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"Bart Wallace" wrote in message
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Lake users will love bent shaft.
River use...get it straight.
Simple choice.

There's a lot of truth in this statement but it is not universally true.
Because of my choice of preferred strokes a straight shaft
is chosen even on lakes. I feel that my paddling style with a straight
shaft gains enough efficiency to compensate for lack of the
bent shaft advantage. Many paddlers on lakes, however do prefer the bent
shaft. A lot has to do with how one originally learned to
paddle.

John



True! Whenever I see an old, heavy beaver tail being manhandled I ask why.
Then I answer myself with why not. If it works, it works.