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Re: Paddle: curve on a spoon paddle
By:Jay Babina
Date: 10/27/2011, 9:40 am
In Response To: Paddle: curve on a spoon paddle (Scott Shurlow)

Think of it this way. You're at diner and you get a choice to eat peas with a flat spoon or a curved one. We're not talking cupped like a spoon but curved.
As you use the paddle it will hold more water than a flat face where the water pressure can be released more easily.

Does it matter that much - probably not really whereas cupping and a curve is a much more noticeable advantage in holding water pressure.

But many successful paddle designs have been totally flat.

Also... as you push the paddle into the wind the curved one will deflect more air pressure.

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Paddle: curve on a spoon paddle
Scott Shurlow -- 10/24/2011, 7:48 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/25/2011, 2:20 am
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Scott Shurlow -- 10/25/2011, 8:25 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/25/2011, 11:42 am
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Scott Shurlow -- 10/25/2011, 5:37 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 10/25/2011, 1:34 pm
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Les Cheeseman -- 10/27/2011, 4:40 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 10/27/2011, 4:56 pm
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Les Cheeseman -- 10/28/2011, 3:03 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/27/2011, 6:29 pm
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Reg Lake -- 10/25/2011, 2:59 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 10/25/2011, 7:02 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 10/26/2011, 4:54 am
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Jay Babina -- 10/27/2011, 9:40 am
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Al Edie -- 10/27/2011, 1:22 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 10/27/2011, 3:57 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/27/2011, 4:41 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 10/28/2011, 12:16 am
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StephenHJ -- 10/28/2011, 2:53 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/28/2011, 3:27 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 10/28/2011, 5:03 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/28/2011, 5:10 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 10/28/2011, 5:48 pm
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StephenHJ -- 10/28/2011, 5:51 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 10/28/2011, 6:20 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 10/28/2011, 11:22 pm
Re: Paddle: curve on a spoon paddle *PIC*
Etienne Muller -- 10/29/2011, 5:44 am
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ancient kayaker -- 10/30/2011, 4:33 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/29/2011, 12:33 pm