Grey Owl Scout Canoe Paddle

Recreational Paddle | Grey Owl’s recreational line is characterized by shorter, wider blades than the traditional paddles, along with laminated blades and shafts often of contrasting woods for aesthetic and practical reasons. Laminated shafts can be made to be strong and light using hardy and heavier woods on the face and sandwiching lighter weaker woods in the core. The same may be said of the blade – using strong woods on the thinner edge and blade center, with light weight woods near the shaft where the wood is thickest. Another advantage of laminating is the strength gained by the numerous grain patterns of the various wood strips.

Recreational paddles tend to have a stiffer flex. On the one hand, this feature makes the paddle more efficient, by limiting the loss of power transferred from the paddle stroke. However, this makes the paddle harder on the joints, and more tiring to use for a weaker paddler.

These models do offer some advantages over their traditional cousins: they are easier to use in the shallows (particularly in depths of 18” or less), better in moving water, and generally less expensive than traditional paddles.

Features

• Ergonomic handle
• Basswood construction

Details 

• Usage
• Entry-level paddle

Specs 

• Construction
• Grip Shape
• Pear Shape
• Shaft Profile
• Oval
• Blade Cross-Section Style
• Cambered
• Tip Style
• Straight
• Materials
• Blade
• 3-Ply Laminated Basswood
• Shaft
• Solid Basswood
• Tip
• Casting Epoxy
• Finish
• High-Gloss Exterior Polyurethane with UV Block
• Measurements
• Shaft Dimensions
•  1 3⁄16” x 1 5⁄32” / 3 cm x 2.9 cm
• Shaft Length
• 51-Inch
• 29” (2’ 5”) / 73.7
• 54-Inch
• 32” (2’ 8”) / 81.3 cm
• 57-Inch
• 35” (2’ 11”) / 88.9 cm
• 60-Inch
• 38” (3’ 2”) / 96.5 cm
• 63-Inch
• 41 (3’ 5”) / 104.1 cm
• Blade Length
• 22” (1’ 10”) / 55.9 cm
• Blade Width
• 7” / 17.8 cm
• Blade Area
• 115 in^2 / 1,884.5 cm^2
• Average Weight
• 51-Inch
• 18 oz (1 lb 2 oz) / 510.3g
• 54-Inch
• 19 oz (1 lb 3 oz) / 538.6g
• 57-Inch
• 20 oz (1 lb 4 oz) / 567g
• 60-Inch
• 21 oz (1 lb 5 oz) / 595g
• 63-Inch
• 22 oz (1 lb 6 oz) / 623.7g
• Country of Origin
• Made in Canada