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Pulling to one side...
By:Brian Nystrom
Date: 7/20/2000, 3:05 pm
In Response To: Re: paddling the 17' Guillemot (Dwight)

...can still be a problem with your paddling technique. For a right handed paddler, it's not uncommon for the boat to turn left continually (it happens to me). You need to concentrate on torso rotation in order to eliminate this tendency. Also, if you tend to lean the boat slightly to one side while paddling, it will cause it to turn.

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paddling the 17' Guillemot
Tracy -- 7/19/2000, 9:35 pm
Re: paddling the 17' Guillemot
Hank -- 7/20/2000, 12:53 pm
Re: paddling the 17' Guillemot
Paul C -- 7/20/2000, 12:38 pm
Re: paddling the 17' Guillemot
Shawn B -- 7/20/2000, 2:52 pm
17' Guillemot vs S.G.
Vernon Lowery -- 7/20/2000, 10:01 am
Re: paddling the 17' Guillemot
Greg -- 7/20/2000, 12:39 am
Re: paddling the 17' Guillemot
Paul G. Jacobson -- 7/19/2000, 10:44 pm
Re: paddling the 17' Guillemot
Dwight -- 7/19/2000, 10:30 pm
Pulling to one side...
Brian Nystrom -- 7/20/2000, 3:05 pm
Re: paddling the 17' Guillemot
Shawn B -- 7/20/2000, 2:49 pm
Re: paddling the 17' Guillemot
Jerry Siegel -- 7/19/2000, 10:29 pm
Re: paddling the 17' Guillemot
Chris Bush -- 7/20/2000, 9:36 am
Re: paddling the 17' Guillemot
Tig and Tink -- 7/19/2000, 10:28 pm