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Sea Kayak Trips Bulletin Board
Re: Marshall Hall
Posted By: Robert Woodard In Response To: Re: Marshall Hall (Bill Pendlebury)
Date: Tuesday, 21 March 2000, at 7:34 p.m.
> I gather that you paddle mostly
> with a Greenland stick. Do you somehow use pogies with it?Yes, but it took me a while to find the right combination. I think I've finally found it:
Start with a comfortable pair of gloves. Worry about protecting your hands from the water in the event of capsize and less about the wind. Next buy a pair of lightweight pogies and attach just one to your stick. If your hands start getting cold, stick one hand in the pogie, paddle for a while, then switch hands. If neither hand needs it, just let it dangle between them. It doesn't eliminate the clostrophobic feel of pogies, but goes a long way. In the event of needing a sudden brace or extended paddle roll, you only have 1 hand to worry about getting out of the pogie. You'll need to have the ends of the pogie loosly fastened so that it slides easily over the root of your greenland blades.
The "spare" pogie makes an excellent water bottle holder on your deck if you fasten it around a deck bungie.
> I tried using my Salamander gloves, but the wood is too slick.
I have a paddling partner that uses these, but she uses a wax on her paddle to stop the slippery feeling.
Remember "light weight" pogies. I've seen some heavy neoprene pogies that weigh a ton when wet. Go for something like lightweight haypolon . They do just as well at keeping your hands warm, without the weight.
Woody
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