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I use a double blade on flat water but feel I have more control in WW with the single (prys and draws are much easier with the single blade). My most recent trip was 650k on the North Saskatchewan my canoe was very heavy (I was carring gear my kids couldn’t in their rec kayaks) so was around 800 lbs solo in a 17′ royalex prospecter. In moderate wind the double was good but when the wind vaning got bad the single blade gave me more control using an indian stroke (paddle didn’t leave the water). While cruising on the flat still stuff the double blade gave me about 1-2 km an hr faster. I always take both types of blades with me and switch as I see fit.

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