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Paddle: greenland paddle length?
By:dave g
Date: 3/2/2011, 12:09 am

So I am going to start building a gp using the holst instructions and am wondering about the overall length. I took the measurement of one full arms length plus the length from elbow to wrist and came up with 80". Then I did the from the floor to the tip of my fingers held above my head and came up with 87". Question is which measure to go by? Or maybe somewhere in between? Any thoughts would be great. I wil be using a guillemot so boat is 21" wide.

dave g

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Paddle: greenland paddle length?
dave g -- 3/2/2011, 12:09 am
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Mike Bielski -- 3/2/2011, 12:24 am
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JohnK -- 3/2/2011, 12:49 am
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Allan -- 3/2/2011, 1:34 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/3/2011, 4:08 pm
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Brian Nystrom -- 3/2/2011, 7:05 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/3/2011, 12:33 am
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Noel Bennett -- 3/3/2011, 7:40 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/3/2011, 11:26 am
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KenC -- 3/9/2011, 9:10 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/10/2011, 12:50 am
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Allan -- 3/3/2011, 3:56 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/3/2011, 5:59 pm
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Fred Gasper -- 3/2/2011, 8:06 am
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Don Goss -- 3/2/2011, 6:01 pm
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Kurt Maurer -- 3/2/2011, 7:41 pm
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Roy Martin (fadedred) -- 3/3/2011, 10:51 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/3/2011, 11:28 am
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Roy Martin (fadedred) -- 3/3/2011, 2:29 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/3/2011, 3:39 pm
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Roy Martin (fadedred) -- 3/4/2011, 11:27 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/4/2011, 2:53 pm
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Roy Martin (fadedred) -- 3/5/2011, 1:15 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/5/2011, 6:20 pm
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Roy Martin (fadedred) -- 3/5/2011, 8:39 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/6/2011, 1:03 am