: So what is the correct greenland paddle length? I’m tall, 6’-2”, do I really
: need a paddle that is floor to finger tip, 94”? I built my first kayak
: paddle, a greenland 82” long, after reading Betsie Bay Kayak’s website.
: http://www.betsiebaykayak.com/PaddleSizing.html
: I did not like it. I felt like I was going nowhere with it.

: Paddle two was a two-piece euro, 225 cm with 113 square-inch blades and it
: worked me to death.

: Paddle three is a euro, 240cm one-piece 60 degree feather with 100
: square-inch narrow (6-inch wide) blades. I like it a lot and I make good
: time with it. So it works for me.

: However it occurs to me that it is not valid to compare a too short greenland
: stick to an euro of a size I like and say I like euros better. So I’m
: going to build another stick. What length do you guys recommend?

hi Dave;
i have an article by gordon brown called lollysticks and shavings that has a chart that says you, at 6'2", should be useing a paddle that is 7"8" long. 17" loom. 2"x1.125" grip. 4" blade. the length of the storm paddle should be 6'6". he says.
hope that helps
daren.....