I'm going to acquire a paddle that's a bit too long for me. How do I go about removing the T-top off of the wooden shaft so I can shorten the length. Any good solvents, heat,?, etc. Thanks

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am looking at cleaning up some old paddles and iakos on my canoe, and wondering what the general consensus is on protecting agents ie varnish or oils? Some of the kayak guys i´ve talked to (who restore a lot of paddles/Greenland style kayaks) say a good oil is the only way to go - something about not trapping moisture inside the wood.

I´m a little concerned on a paddle the oil would make changes pretty dodgy - anyone out there with experience?

Hey there everybody,just looking for a bit of info on Hypr kanus,me looking at getting a Hoku'lea does anyone have one of these kanus any info on this or any of these kanus would be great thanks

I inherited this canoe in a purchase of a canoe and kayak store in Houston. We will not be carrying these types of items in the future and are selling off the previous owners personal racing canoe.

If anyone has any questions call 713-660-7000

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I really like the part where it says " if you flip it you won't be able to get back on " lol .

Anyone have a good suggestion for a travel bag for the zephyr?

Saw the Dakine on the OC site it looks a little big. Looking to decrease the stone, salt and flying stuff from hitting the shell when traveling with canoe on my car...

Gentlemen, please be kind with your posts. Compared to most of you I'm fairly new to paddling (2nd year OC-6, 1st year OC-1) and I need to make a new seat for my hurricane. I have 2 pieces of foam, so I have a little room for error. My question is where to start?

Do It start with an outline of my okole(luckily smaller than the piece of foam)? Next I wonder about how high the side's should go, how much room to leave in the back, depth of leg area and how much space to leave to attach to the canoe?

Last part is what tools do you recommend and where do I buy them? After I purchase them, how do I use them? I live in So Cal and have access to numerous shops. I'm a girl who likes to build/work with tools, however New Yankee workshop hasn't tackled this project.

I take paddling very seriously and realize I need to be able to do things on my own. So any help you can provide will be greatly appreciated by my Okole. Stock hurricane seats are just plain mean.

Mahalo for your Kokua

Howzit, Finally a different paddle shape that works very well. This shape is intended for the one or two man vaa. The Tahitians have used something similar I've been told. So this idea is not new, but refined. What this shape will do for you is make you more efficient with the higher stroke count. As the Tahitians are proving right now, stroke count is huge. This paddle is super clean on the entry and release. I have to thank Pat of Onno for helping me with the R&D. IHE means spear and thats where the inspiration came from. The Hawaiians used paddles that were sharp to also be used as spears. You can contact Steve Blyth for demo.

What about a canoe paddle with an adjustable Lenght Lock System like the one Epic use on their paddles. I was playing with my computer this morning and end up with this design.

Last time I was in Kona, I saw wooden paddles called Ohana paddles. They looked beautiful and was wondering if anyone has used them and how they were. I realized that the head of the paddles looked bigger than regular paddles?