Great idea! John, from your experience so far, what are pros and cons for you using the Greenland paddle (GP) while packrafting compared to the "classic" Euro paddle? I have heard from kayakers that the GP may offer a faster and smoother paddling experience. One of the downside though seems to be more water dripping, since there are no drip guards and that the hands tend to touch the water surface more often..
It's a 1 piece paddled that I have calved, so can't carry it in a rucksack or on my bike. And yes the lack of drip rings make for a wetter paddle. I'm going to test 2 cable ties fixed around the paddle to see if they help as drip rings next week when I'm in the water. The paddle feels nicer to paddle with than a euro blade but only good for deep water over shallow flowing rivers
@@JohnClimber Thank you, your answer, especially the details are very helpful! I am contemplating buying a 2nd hand, 2-piece carbon GB, that's on offer locally. Since nobody bought it in months I will wait until you report about your drip ring experiment (great idea using cable ties), since the dripping part would be the only down side for my use case (longer trips on deep rivers and lakes).
@@alexmultimodalpackrafting915 thinking about it, maybe the cable ties might damage my packraft. On my normal blades I use a small piece of Duct tape very successfully fir this, but as my DIY Greenland paddle is wood and covered in oil the tape wouldn't stick to it. But it will stick to your carbon one. Dear youtube for duct tape drip stoppers on paddles
Great idea! John, from your experience so far, what are pros and cons for you using the Greenland paddle (GP) while packrafting compared to the "classic" Euro paddle?
I have heard from kayakers that the GP may offer a faster and smoother paddling experience. One of the downside
though seems to be more water dripping, since there are no drip guards and that the hands tend to touch the water surface more often..
It's a 1 piece paddled that I have calved, so can't carry it in a rucksack or on my bike.
And yes the lack of drip rings make for a wetter paddle.
I'm going to test 2 cable ties fixed around the paddle to see if they help as drip rings next week when I'm in the water.
The paddle feels nicer to paddle with than a euro blade but only good for deep water over shallow flowing rivers
@@JohnClimber Thank you, your answer, especially the details are very helpful!
I am contemplating buying a 2nd hand, 2-piece carbon GB, that's on offer locally. Since nobody bought it in months I will wait until you report about your drip ring experiment (great idea using cable ties), since the dripping part would be the only down side for my use case (longer trips on deep rivers and lakes).
@@alexmultimodalpackrafting915 thinking about it, maybe the cable ties might damage my packraft.
On my normal blades I use a small piece of Duct tape very successfully fir this, but as my DIY Greenland paddle is wood and covered in oil the tape wouldn't stick to it.
But it will stick to your carbon one.
Dear youtube for duct tape drip stoppers on paddles