Double paddle..worth it?

[memaquay]

 

[Alan Gage]

I was wondering, if paddling a double is the equivalent to being on crack, what paddling methods would be associated with alcoholics, methhead tweakers, and potheads?

Alan

 

[Gamma1214]

Potheads would be in floaties (paddle optional)

 

[memaquay]

Tweaker will use anything, but paddle with a super fast stroke rate. Pothead will use anything, but paddle at a super slow stroke rate. Drinking enthusiasts, such as myself, single stick only, with great panache, but often falls out of the canoe while draining the excess alcohol out of their bodies.

 

[Steve in Idaho]

I was wondering, if paddling a double is the equivalent to being on crack, what paddling methods would be associated with alcoholics, methhead tweakers, and potheads?

Alan

Don't forget the pole.

Seriously - poling set my paddling skill development back a few years. Yes, it can be addictive. I was poling class 2+ and doing multi-day poling trips before I managed a halfway decent forward stroke with the single blade - nevermind all the other boat control strokes. I'm still a better poler than paddler.

But in the traditional timeline, poling came first - so there's that. Wow...it just occurred to me how much my time with a paddle has held back my developing poling skills.

 

[Alan Gage]

Drinking enthusiasts, such as myself, single stick only, with great panache,

Alcoholics would be the ones that love to sit around and tell you how great of a paddler they are, of all the great paddling feats they have, and will, accomplish, and tell you about all the things you're doing wrong.

Then when you actually get them on the water you realize they're just a goon stroker

Alan

 

[ppine]

I used to paddle with people that would bring a 12 pack on the water or smoke pot all day. I rafted with them too. Never again.

 

[Gamma1214]

12 pack?! Better be a day trip.

 

[ppine]

I have been with the same woman now for 26 years a personal record. We have one cardinal rule and only one rule.
"Don't Tell Me What To Do."

 

[memaquay]

Then when you actually get them on the water you realize they're just a goon stroker

Maybe so, but in their beat up Grumman and dirty old keds sneakers and cut off jeans,with the accompanying once white armless beater shirt, they will probably still be out paddling the posers with their fleece paddle socks. That's been my experience many times lol.