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singlebladecanoe
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02/24/2020 06:14PM   (Thread Older Than 3 Years)
Those that paddle an Advantage, do you find it paddles better with a bent shaft or straight shaft paddle?
 
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02/24/2020 06:24PM  
Its made for a bent shaft, high cadence sit and switch style paddling.
 
singlebladecanoe
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02/24/2020 06:26PM  
Ole496: "Its made for a bent shaft, high cadence sit and switch style paddling."


Thank you.
 
02/24/2020 07:57PM  
Bent Shaft all the way. Besides Sit and Switch style you can do a J stroke on a bent if you choose. Actually you can do almost every stroke with a bent. Back in the Late 80s a guy named Harry Roberts introduced the Americana Touring Technique about the same time Free Style came out. It was geared towards canoe like the Advantage . It involved linking strokes with a good lean for aggressive turning using a bent shaft. I could almost get a 180 with my Advantage.
 
02/24/2020 08:04PM  
Take each. A bent for distance and a straight for play. You should have a backup anyway.

butthead
 
cyclones30
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02/24/2020 10:28PM  
Bent shaft or kayak style double bladed worked best for me
 
HappyHuskies
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02/25/2020 06:56AM  
I used to own an Advantage and thought it worked best with a bent. Never tried it with a double bladed paddle, so can't comment on that.
 
02/25/2020 09:32AM  
I use a black bart 50" paddle and find it to work just as good as my double blade. I've stopped bringing the double blade as a backup and just bring my other bart paddle. I waiver between 3-5 each side depending on what my reason for paddling is.
 
mr.barley
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02/25/2020 11:00AM  
VaderStrom: "I use a black bart 50" paddle and find it to work just as good as my double blade. I've stopped bringing the double blade as a backup and just bring my other bart paddle. I waiver between 3-5 each side depending on what my reason for paddling is. "
I also use a 50" bent Black Bart paddle with my Advantage. My back up is a 50" bent carbon fiber that I suspect is an older ZRE that I picked up ion Ebay years ago. Love the Black Bart.
 
singlebladecanoe
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02/25/2020 06:47PM  
Thank you everyone.
 
02/25/2020 07:46PM  
VaderStrom: "I waiver between 3-5 each side depending on what my reason for paddling is. "


I do the same:

3 per side: trolling.
4 per side: making tracks.
5 per side: mother-in-law in pursuit.
 
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