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Hey, that feels pretty good
Posted by: mintjulep on Sep-21-12 6:38 PM (EST)

I think that neither the ancient Aleutian islanders nor the Greenlanders had a strong theoretical knowledge of fluid mechanics or access to nice laminar flow test tanks.

They had sticks and carving tools.

And plenty of free time on winter nights.

So they made paddles and tried them.

Eventually they both got to “hey that feels pretty good", and the respective culture's standard paddle was set.

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What is the GP style paddle called - string - Sep-18-12 3:11 PM
- It's not a GP at all - mintjulep - Sep-18-12 3:15 PM
- Aleut - Peter-CA - Sep-18-12 3:16 PM
  - Thanks. I knew I was wrong but also - string - Sep-18-12 3:35 PM
    - Aleut, GP, symmetry, dihedral - gstamer - Sep-18-12 6:12 PM
- Aleut and a joy! - bartc - Sep-18-12 7:39 PM
  - I love my GP - rpg51 - Sep-18-12 7:51 PM
- the Aleutian Solution - RavenWing - Sep-18-12 8:01 PM
  - If it's made out of wood - magooch - Sep-20-12 3:56 PM
    - call it whatever you want. - RavenWing - Sep-22-12 5:25 PM
- Wow, very interesting. Questions. - Glenn_MacGrady - Sep-20-12 4:09 PM
  - I Asked That Very Question - Kudzu - Sep-20-12 4:30 PM
    - I was making wood chips before - string - Sep-20-12 4:50 PM
    - What is the power face? - Glenn_MacGrady - Sep-20-12 4:51 PM
      - Stagnation line - carldelo - Sep-20-12 5:15 PM
      - It's the flutter thing. - bartc - Sep-20-12 5:16 PM
        
        Trust doesn't work - Glenn_MacGrady - Sep-20-12 5:31 PM
        
        There's plenty of info - carldelo - Sep-20-12 6:28 PM
        
        Research - Glenn_MacGrady - Sep-20-12 8:10 PM
        
        Concept vs actuality - carldelo - Sep-20-12 10:54 PM
        
        Concepts are reality - Glenn_MacGrady - Sep-21-12 5:55 PM
        
        Re dimensions - carldelo - Sep-22-12 12:16 AM
        
        One last 11 dimensional point - Glenn_MacGrady - Sep-22-12 3:12 AM
        
        Yes - carldelo - Sep-22-12 11:56 AM
        
        Someone Handed Me One - Kudzu - Sep-20-12 6:34 PM
- And sometimes - redmond - Sep-20-12 6:56 PM
  - The garbage theory of the Aleut ridge - Glenn_MacGrady - Sep-20-12 8:40 PM
    - Ask a simple question (that was simply - string - Sep-20-12 11:01 PM
- Hey, that feels pretty good - mintjulep - Sep-21-12 6:38 PM
  - Chill - rpg51 - Sep-21-12 6:45 PM
    - Getting way technical - MORiverPaddler - Sep-21-12 8:34 PM
      - Maybe Greenlanders didn't have any - string - Sep-21-12 10:42 PM
        
        I've Got it! - Kudzu - Sep-22-12 6:54 AM
      - Geez! - sternman - Sep-22-12 6:58 AM
        
        I know, I know... - carldelo - Sep-22-12 12:08 PM
        
        then - Fadedred - Sep-22-12 12:45 PM
        Engineers and over analyzing.. - sternman - Sep-22-12 2:05 PM
        
        Quaqte from an old manager: - string - Sep-22-12 2:39 PM
        
        Engineer's Motto: - Kudzu - Sep-22-12 3:25 PM
        
        Aleutian paddles - ret603 - Sep-23-12 11:43 AM
        
        Thanks Dave - kayamedic - Sep-23-12 6:25 PM
- Don't pick on engineers. Other thoughts. - Glenn_MacGrady - Sep-23-12 4:17 PM
  - reflections on Glen's post - ret603 - Sep-23-12 7:45 PM
    - The ridge is on my paddle to be and - string - Sep-23-12 8:00 PM
    - Skinboat School. Bantam. Canoe. - Glenn_MacGrady - Sep-23-12 8:58 PM
      - Skinboat School - ret603 - Sep-24-12 10:46 AM
- So yesterday.... - mintjulep - Sep-24-12 9:27 AM
  - wrong language used - ret603 - Sep-24-12 10:25 AM