: I agree, dark blue or black. Looks like the blades are curved. Did
: you cut the curve from solid laminated wood or glue the strips
: in a jig? It is pretty pathetic when most of us find it harder
: to post a photo here than build a kayak - I gave up, spending my
: time building:)
: Randy

Hi Ian, Randy.

Lots of black shock cord but no black rope here abouts. I would if I could.

I don't have a band saw, so I marked out and cut each blade section individualy using
a jig saw (time consuming) and glued with thickened epoxy, laid on their backs and
clamped GENTLY, with a weight across the centre and strips wrapped in polythene
clamped to the ends to keep them in line.I'm sure someone will tell me that was overkill,
but they are quite big blades so I was looking for as much build strenth as possible.

I would not want to open an old argument, Euro vs GP but they are light and easy to use and
will push both boats along effortlessly, with a quite (subjective) slow stroke rate at 4MPH.

I am also mulling the idea of putting a twist into the alignment of the strips at the gluing stage
to create (try!) a curved wing profile. Probably totaly unneccessary but it will be fun to try.

I may have managed to post a picture or two but I'm not over sure how and will have
completely forgotten by the next time I try!

Regards

Les. C.