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Re: Paddle: spare in bow or stern?
By:Jay Babina
Date: 10/29/2003, 8:13 am
In Response To: Paddle: spare in bow or stern? (Robert Owens)

A small Greenland spare is ideal for the wood kayak. First it's wood. Second, you can make to fit your back deck. Third, you can make it easily.

You just want something to get you in in case of a break or lost paddle. I like the front deck clean because it's higher and sometimes can interfere with the paddle stroke. Be aware that a spare on the back deck makes a paddle float reentry more difficult. But it's the less of the evils.

Messages In This Thread

Paddle: spare in bow or stern?
Robert Owens -- 10/29/2003, 6:53 am
Re: Paddle: spare in bow or stern?
Brian Nystrom -- 10/29/2003, 2:02 pm
Re: Deck Rigging?? What's a "slider"?
William F. Cruz -- 10/30/2003, 11:12 am
Re: Deck Rigging?? What's a "slider"?
Brian Nystrom -- 10/30/2003, 1:13 pm
Re: Deck Rigging?? What's a "slider"?
Paul Jacob -- 10/31/2003, 1:47 pm
Re: Deck Rigging?? What's a "slider"?
Brian Nystrom -- 10/31/2003, 2:47 pm
Re: Deck Rigging?? What's a "slider"?
William F. Cruz -- 10/30/2003, 3:21 pm
Re: Deck Rigging?? What's a "slider"?
Brian Nystrom -- 10/31/2003, 12:33 pm
Re: Deck Rigging?? What's a "slider"?
William F. Cruz -- 11/1/2003, 12:41 am
Re: Deck Rigging?? What's a "slider"?
Brian Nystrom -- 11/3/2003, 12:28 pm
Re: From deck rigging to Paddle carving
William F. Cruz -- 11/3/2003, 8:57 pm
Re: Deck Rigging?? What's a "slider"?
William F. Cruz -- 10/30/2003, 2:22 pm
Another storage idea... *LINK*
Robert N Pruden -- 10/30/2003, 11:40 am
Re: Another storage idea...
William F. Cruz -- 10/30/2003, 2:19 pm
Re: Another storage idea...
Robert N Pruden -- 10/31/2003, 11:24 pm
Re: Another storage idea...
Glen Smith -- 11/1/2003, 10:12 am
Re: Another storage idea...
Robert N Pruden -- 11/1/2003, 8:37 pm
Re: Another storage idea...
William F. Cruz -- 11/1/2003, 12:21 am
Re: Another storage idea...
Rob P. -- 10/30/2003, 1:39 pm
Re: Another storage idea...
Robert N Pruden -- 10/31/2003, 11:22 pm
Where you can get it.
Randy Knauff -- 10/29/2003, 12:04 pm
Re: Where you can get it.
Don Beale -- 10/30/2003, 12:48 am
Re: Paddle: spare in bow or stern?
Jay Babina -- 10/29/2003, 8:13 am
Re: Paddle: spare in bow or stern?
John Caldeira -- 10/29/2003, 7:54 am