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| | Sea Kayak - Constructing and using a Greenland paddle. |
 | | He was using a Greenland paddle, and it just looked right--especially after I blew a bunch of rolls with my Werner paddle, including the all-time mud roll in which I left the paddle stuck in the mud, after nearly impaling myself on it. |
 | | That first paddle was seven feet long, a little too narrow for the Sea Lion I was paddling at the time, so I made another one about seven-feet two or three inches long, and gave away the first one, which has done its new owner yeoman service lo these past two or more years. |
 | | If you grip the paddle loosely enough, you may be able to allow it to slide considerably beyond the center of the loom, thereby increasing the lever length still further and keeping the upper blade out of the wind. |
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