Gearlabs paddles are NOT lighter that a nice light wood paddles. Hence my reason for never buying one. You want lighter Get a Superior Greenland. My 2 piece paddle is 22 ounces. I know of no lighter weight Greenland. I see they are now saying 23 ounces. Mine is 22 ounces. NOT cheap But mine is now 4 seasons old. Used in heavy surf action.
The lighter of my Lumpy WRC GP’s weighs 22.5 oz. The heavier is only about an oz heavier. I specifically asked to start with a light blank and waited till Bill Bremer found one.
I also have 2 Novorca carbon GP’s weighing 24.5 and 26.9 oz respectively.
If I had to choose one favorite, these small differences in weight would not be a factor.
Wow thats light for a wood paddle, did you pay extra for that? Is that a full size, how wide at the tips. Superiors are 3.5 inch wide at the tips. I have seen a few lighter wood ones but they were real narrow at the tips, like around 2.8 inches. Less wood lighter of course.
Most of the wood paddles I have or have seen are in the 28 to 32 ounce range. I had a Novacor near the end of that company and mine weighed in at 30 ounces. plus it had problems (loose Joint) lucky I got my money back before they went under.
My WRC Lumpy weighs three ounces more than my Werner Cyprus - so, about 23 ounces. It’s 84" long, 20" loom and 3.5" blade.
That was a facet of Bill’s artistry: he carved beautiful paddles which were also light. I use past tense because Lumpy Paddles stopped doing business not long ago.
Gearlabs paddles are NOT lighter that a nice light wood paddles. Hence my reason for never buying one. You want lighter Get a Superior Greenland. My 2 piece paddle is 22 ounces. I know of no lighter weight Greenland. I see they are now saying 23 ounces. Mine is 22 ounces. NOT cheap But mine is now 4 seasons old. Used in heavy surf action.
The lighter of my Lumpy WRC GP’s weighs 22.5 oz. The heavier is only about an oz heavier. I specifically asked to start with a light blank and waited till Bill Bremer found one.
I also have 2 Novorca carbon GP’s weighing 24.5 and 26.9 oz respectively.
If I had to choose one favorite, these small differences in weight would not be a factor.
Wow thats light for a wood paddle, did you pay extra for that? Is that a full size, how wide at the tips. Superiors are 3.5 inch wide at the tips. I have seen a few lighter wood ones but they were real narrow at the tips, like around 2.8 inches. Less wood lighter of course.
Most of the wood paddles I have or have seen are in the 28 to 32 ounce range. I had a Novacor near the end of that company and mine weighed in at 30 ounces. plus it had problems (loose Joint) lucky I got my money back before they went under.
My WRC Lumpy weighs three ounces more than my Werner Cyprus - so, about 23 ounces. It’s 84" long, 20" loom and 3.5" blade.
That was a facet of Bill’s artistry: he carved beautiful paddles which were also light. I use past tense because Lumpy Paddles stopped doing business not long ago.