Click to View the Full Thread

Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Gear Forum :: ZRE PS paddle
 
Author Message Text
campnfish
04/08/2020 06:39PM
 
Right, understand that its 18" in height, i was trying to compare my old gray owl wood paddle blade, to the size of a ZRE, was looking at area.
 
Blatz
04/09/2020 11:05AM
 
Yup just measure mine. It's 18 inches from the tip of the blade to where it joins the shaft.
 
campnfish
04/08/2020 04:20PM
 
Is anyone able to measure the blade size on a power surge paddle for me? I understand the overall width can vary .5", but I'm asking more about the over blade size, top to bottom before the taper, the meat of the blade that goes in the water.
 
butthead
04/10/2020 07:10AM
 
campnfish: "I may have just found it on the website, 100 sq inches for an 8" wide blade, so must be about 12" tall before the taper."


On the website there is a drop-down box listing widths and sq. in. area.



butthead
 
Banksiana
04/08/2020 06:31PM
 
To quote from the ZRE page for Power Surge paddles: "Blade length is 18 inches".
 
campnfish
04/08/2020 04:28PM
 
I may have just found it on the website, 100 sq inches for an 8" wide blade, so must be about 12" tall before the taper.
 
Banksiana
04/09/2020 09:53AM
 
I bought a ZRE Power Surge light close to nine years ago. It supplanted a beautiful hand built Gillespie Quetico paddle that I had used for endless seasons- a relatively lightweight wood paddle with a wide blade. I liked the "power" i could get with the wide blade, prided myself on it. I was wrong. The 8' wide ZRE was a revelation- I was a fool for falling for the wide blade. The level of feedback and ease of use of the ZRE is astonishing- it is a superbly designed and executed bit of gear, without a doubt the best $ I spent in some 40 years of being a paddling fanatic.

What I'm trying to say is that the wizards that designed the ZRE might have a better notion of ideal blade size than what you've settled on via experience. Certainly was true in my case.