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Racing improves the breed.
Posted by: g2d on Dec-06-12 4:56 PM (EST)

In slalom racing, blade width and length has settled on ~20" long by 7 3/4" wide. I use slalom paddles. I ordered one just 1/2" wider than the "standard," and there was too much load per stroke, lowering the rate I needed to make tracks.

In marathon flatwater racing, blade width, length, and area, have also been standardized by what makes for winning, over at least 5 decades of experience.

So, while you fool around with physics (I have 6 semesters at MIT), keep focused on what has worked for those most serious at covering water, the racers.

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Making a paddle - Dutedute2 - Dec-06-12 11:23 AM
- added thought - Dutedute2 - Dec-06-12 11:56 AM
- Thoughts on what's "big enough" - guideboatguy - Dec-06-12 1:22 PM
  - I can't possibly expound or - Deuce - Dec-06-12 2:13 PM
- canoe paddle blade width - pblanc - Dec-06-12 2:11 PM
- My experience - mcimes - Dec-06-12 3:37 PM
- Racing improves the breed. - g2d - Dec-06-12 4:56 PM
- I make paddles - mrmannerz - Dec-06-12 5:12 PM
- Blade width - mornstein - Dec-07-12 5:17 PM
  - WalMart - rjh - Dec-07-12 11:02 PM