Hi again…
Please bear with my Tempest 170 questions.
I am assuming that the T170 is built around the cockpit, such that the use of a GP is comfortable and natural, as compared to using a GP (GP paddling style) in a boat with a higher gunnel.
Am I correct? Can one comfortably use a GP with a T!? Hope so…as that is my plan.
Thanks again…
Bob
Tempest w/greenland paddle
A greenland paddle should work well with that boat. Foredeck is low and not peaked. WS even shows this combination in their advertising photo.
I have a Tempest 170
and have a 90" greenland paddle.They work very well together. I’m 6’and 210#s.
Dave
Fantastic!
Wow…everything I hear about this boat says it is right for me! When I sat in it the fit was perfect…cannot wait to check it out in 2 weeks.
Many thanks guys…
Bob
that photo
was taken of ME surfing the waves at Oceanside, OR. It’s a 230cm Don Beale paddle and yes the Tempest works quite well with a GP. Low foredeck and narrow (ish) beam.
steve
Oh man,
that’s gonna be a long two weeks 
~Holmes
T’s and GP’s - photos…
Yup! they go together well…
http://www.pdxseakayaker.net/Photos/WadePhotos/P2014759.jpg
Here ya go, 6 tempests and 3 GPs on one trip.
More photos here…
http://www.pdxseakayaker.net/wade_norton.htm
Wade
one more photo - GP and Tempest
http://www.pdxseakayaker.net/Photos/WadePhotos/P2014809a.jpg
This shot of two tempests in the Lower Columbia River Gorge both with Greenland Paddles.
Wade
Ps: Photo is Flatpick and AJ
GREAT SHOTS!
Hey Wade…fantastic shots! Now the two weeks will seem like a month or two.
Salivating already…
Bob
there’s no correlation
the Tempest is a kayak,you can use any kind of paddle
T 180
I demoed the T180 today with a gp. All I can say is WOW!!!
Dave