: My last few trips of about 12 miles each I alternated and
: determined that I feel MUCH less weary
: at the end of a trip with the Greenland paddle and complete the
: trip in about the same amount of time...at cruise speeds. IMO
: this means I used less energy to travel the same distance. !!

: In the past I used the Greenlander for short distance play stuff
: and did'nt really see a big value increase over the euro. Thats
: all changed now...

: My Greenland paddle is now my primary with my Euro on the back deck
: I still feel like I want that in heavy circumstances until i
: learn to relax more and trust technique in steep chop, surf,
: wind/current.

: My boat (self design)is very efficient/easy to propel at cruise
: speed maybe that is a factor i don't know, maybe with my boat
: with the Euro I am pushing too hard into the less efficient
: speed zone and thus wasting energy, ie my boat is not so
: efficient at high speed.(rocker, beam).

: Anyway it was very cool to discover this value in the greenland
: paddle that forces me to make it my primary..
: sure am glad i watched the How to video that was posted on here and
: made one.

: i'll introduce the boat properly later when it's done here is a
: test run with my son in it. You all get the credit for it i took
: what you taught and was able to achieve the handling traits i
: wanted and they were very specific.
: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apTOHmrBSng

Suspect that you'll eventually be like the rest of us converts and leave the euro paddle at home, will eventually forget why you liked it :)

Bill H.