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KBBS Archive 00,000
Re: paddle sizing (shaft length)
Posted By: Bram In Response To: Re: paddle sizing (shaft length) (Al Bratton)
Date: Saturday, 15 August 1998, at 8:28 p.m.
> If you don't like the simplified version try this.... Your arm
> span plus a cubit ( the distance betwtween yor elbow and the tips
> of your fingers) for the length. The distance from outside to outside
> of your Shoulders (at the detoids) for the width of the grip. The
> distance fron first knuckle of index finger to base of the thumb,
> for the width of the bladeand you thumb and index finger should only
> touch around the shaft. That's what a true Greenlander would measure
> for his paddle. anything less is a paddle that doesn't fit. ALSay Al, that loom length means you must do the slide stroke? The first knuckle of the index finger - is that measured from the hand or finger tip? it's either 4" or 6". The base of the thumb is not well defined at least on my hand anyway, a more accurate and easier measurement is the distance between the thumb and index finger when held in an open "C" shape
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