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Excellent! Thanks so much for the clarification and the advice. Both are greatly appreciated.
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if you are using a spooned euro blade with lots of dihedral (Werner Camano or that British blade (?)) you will have less of an inclination to describe the idealized stroke represented in the Brent video. If you shorten your forward stroke effort you’ll have no problem utilizing rotation,if you use a flatter blade like a Lightning Offshore you’ll have no problem with the blade sliding out and utilizing rotation.
I don’t know whitewater but I could see a short,powerfull parallel to the hull forward stroke having utility but for constant output efficiency in a sea kayak I don’t see anyone teaching or suggesting a parallel to the hull forward stroke.
Huh?
See your point - but I never had any trouble with the dihedral on a Werner San Juan (Camano’s big brother). Blade still moves more front to back than side to side with the flare. The dihedral is not steep enough to impede lateral motion, just reduce flutter on hard pulls. Doesn’t stop sculling or other strokes either.
You used a blade with dihedral blade a lot this way? Give you trouble? Try rotating the power face out a few degrees toward the direction of the flare (not unlike the slight leading edge tilt adjustments when sculling).