Comments on: A Paddle with a Twist: Making a Feathered Kayak Paddle

By: Bryan Hansel

Bryan Hansel — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:58:43 +0000

Sweet. I’m glad it worked out for you. If you have a picture, I’d love to post it here.

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:54:47 +0000

Thanks for this article. I used some lumber leftover from a strip kayak to make a paddle as you described. It turned out very well, shaped and feathered exactly to my liking and a perfect match for the kayak.

By: Bryan Hansel

Bryan Hansel — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:11:30 +0000

Nice. I ended up making two paddles using the method I outlined here. For the second, I modified the method and it was much easier. But, like you, it was more of an experiment than anything.

By: C

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:35:41 +0000

We did make a feathered paddle using the spar method. Two of the sides of the octagon were elongated to provide the ‘oval’ shape. We twisted it and clamped the whole thing down to a bench. It was rather malleable before the epoxy set. Kind of like playing pool with spaghetti. There was an article online that we based it on, but it’s been a few years and I can’t find it. We only made the one… more of an experiment than anything.

By: Bryan Hansel

Bryan Hansel — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:45:52 +0000

Nice article. I knew about the method, but didn’t find that it would produce the same type of paddle with a 60 feather as I did with this method.

By: C

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:57:14 +0000

A hollow shaft can be created with laminates using this method:
http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/03/r/articles/birdsmouth/mast.htm