: hello again,

: thanks for all the help with the glue up question, I have a bunch
: of titebond so Ill give it a try for the first paddle.

: This next question concerns sizing an Aluet style paddle. There is
: tons of info On greenland design/sizing But I find little on
: west coast native designs. I like MY GP paddles and they work
: just fine, My reason for an aluet design is a paddle for faster
: cruising , My GPs are comfortable most of the times but id like
: more speed and less rpm when I paddle with some of my friends
: for short afterwork fast cruises.

: some questions

: 1) I notice the pronounced spine on one side of an Aluet(the few
: examples I saw on Net) but is the back side Flat or dug/hollwed
: out (spooned per say??) Eric Shade advised he hollows (Concaved)
: the back side out on his Aluet type paddles

: 2) loom length sized like GP or longer??

: 3) blade width seems wider than GP but still narrower than Euro

: 4) overall length , (depends on application???)

: many thanks again

: "John"

Unless you just "have" to have a west coast paddle design, it's really easy to just make the standard blade on a GP wider to do the same thing.

Bill H.