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Well, hopefully Kim will respond or send a link to a picture explaining it better. I’ve looked online and found discussions about this stroke but honestly can’t get the image in my mind.
Zav is what I use for sit/switch but I mostly use my Bell Voodoo straight shaft. Paddling in shallow coastal estuaries so a longer blade will not work well.
“The ultimate speed stroke is a Northwoods stroke and I havent found that used in the Midwest either…its a Canadian on steroids. Used quite a bit around here.”
I am reading in interest and wanted to ask, what is a Northwoods stroke? Would be nice to see if that would work well for me. I paddle a Hemlock Kestrel both kneeling and sitting. Just added some keeper footbraces to it and do use the sit/switch with a Zav. has been much faster than straight blade use while kneeling. But I prefer kneeling and using a straight shaft. However, if I want to cross an open body of water can’t beat the Zav even when I kneel in rough water as opposed to using the straight paddle. The fastest is the double blade but too noisy and wet to be enjoyable for that extra .5 mph I get out of it.
