: Last night at our moonlight paddle Susy realized she didn't have her paddle
: with her. I know that sick feeling because I have done that once. I
: offered to loan her one of my Greenland sticks and the look on her face
: and her comments told me she was convinced this was not going to work. She
: said something about being slow as it was how could she keep up using
: that!? Well maybe not using those exact words.

: I encouraged her to try one before driving back home. As I have said I almost
: always have 3 or 4 GP's with me. So she tried my newest one but it was
: really to short for her wide Rec. boat. So I gave her mine and it worked
: better for her. I went back to the truck and drug out my favorite stick
: and let her use it.

: After a while I could tell she enjoying it. We were both surprised but Susy
: was actually faster with the GP than her Euro paddle. Must be something to
: do with the fact she was in a Rec Boat? Got to say that I don't
: understand.

: Funny thing is she was worried that she would be slower with that 'skinny'
: paddle. She said she found it easier to make her boat track straight
: and it was easier on her muscles. No surprise there. Before the night was
: over she was asking me about how to build one since she builds dulcimers
: she was sure she could. By the time we got back to the launch she told me
: to find the wood to build her one. She didn't want to wait!

Cool, yet another convert

Bill H.