: Wood (intended)like to make a Greenland-like paddle out of one
: piece of wood. Have seen tons of pictures. BUT..none show if one
: side of the Greenland ends are curved/concave. It looks like
: they might be FLAT on BOTH sides?? Just going to have my Night
: Heron on small lakes so I don't need anything for Heavy Water.

Agree that Brian's book is excellent, also good info here: http://www.qajaqusa.org/Equipment/paddles.html

Btw, not flat on the sides, more convex. Doesn't look like it would work, works extremely well regardless of how it looks.

Bill H.