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Re: Paddle: Favorite finish
By:John Abercrombie
Date: 7/10/2012, 7:12 pm
In Response To: Re: Paddle: Favorite finish (Mike Savage)

: Hi John,
: Carbon fibre is nice, I suppose, but it's expensive over here and
: impossible to get 'locally'. I'm comfortable with the weight of
: my G paddle, I find my Carlisle to be 'twitchy' in windy
: conditions, it being lighter than the GP. I've never had any
: problems with the GP in wind.

The first time I used a carbon fiber canoe paddle, the breeze caught it and almost blew it away the first time we switched sides ('Hut!').
You do need to hold on! Not such an issue with a carbon GP, I think.

Messages In This Thread

Paddle: Favorite finish
Smith -- 7/8/2012, 4:16 pm
Re: Paddle: Favorite finish
Mike Bielski -- 7/8/2012, 6:00 pm
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Kurt Maurer -- 7/8/2012, 7:15 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/9/2012, 2:36 am
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risto -- 7/9/2012, 4:28 am
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Brian Nystrom -- 7/9/2012, 6:22 am
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Mike Savage -- 7/9/2012, 9:50 am
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Bryan k -- 7/9/2012, 10:32 am
Re: Paddle: Favorite finish
John Abercrombie -- 7/9/2012, 12:27 pm
Re: Paddle: Favorite finish
Mike Savage -- 7/10/2012, 2:12 pm
Re: Paddle: Favorite finish
John Abercrombie -- 7/10/2012, 7:12 pm
Re: Paddle: Favorite finish
Brian Nystrom -- 7/10/2012, 7:04 am
Re: Paddle: Favorite finish
Mike Savage -- 7/10/2012, 2:30 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 7/9/2012, 1:39 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/10/2012, 1:23 am
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Aaron -- 7/10/2012, 12:07 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/10/2012, 1:26 am
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Brian Nystrom -- 7/10/2012, 7:08 am
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Sean Dawe -- 7/10/2012, 8:47 am
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Etienne Muller -- 7/10/2012, 3:16 pm