What Paddle

[baldycoup]

Thanks all for the replies any links be good or your photos of them also, there does not seem to be anything wrong with the day tripper and weight doesnt botther me but I seems like it doesnt dig in and give me enough resistance so feel I could use something more powerful

 

 

i know exactly what you mean mate, i too have a malibu two xl and it came with two day trippers and two seats thrown in.

 

yesterday i had to be rescued by the coastguard( long story) but only after half an hour of frantic paddling against a big tide. no danger really but i wasnt sure when the tide was changing and didnt want pulled round the headland miles from anyone till it turned .

 

anyway,i do feel that if id had a larger paddle with more resistance i could have covered more ground(water?) and gotten myself out of that situation alone.

 

its not a question of weight for me ,sometimes it feels im paddling with a stick fs lol

 

they make different sized engines for different sized boats , and everyone has different upper body strength and fitness levels too. im sure technique has something to do with it too.

 

question is simply which paddle has a greater water displacement area. is there some kind of table for this?

 

ps, i think my malibu manouvers better than the ok big game .