Need a Bigger Shaft

Black_Fly

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• Yesterday at 11:37 AM

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I’ve been dealing with Trigger Finger, which makes it hard to grip smaller circumference items. Is there a custom shaft diameter, or a diameter option paddle out there?

Surgery might be in the future but not this year, by golly gosh darn.

Thanks
Tony

 

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• Yesterday at 11:57 AM

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I think they make pills for that.

Alan

 

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ppine

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• Yesterday at 12:16 PM

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Your best bet is to make one

 

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• Yesterday at 12:25 PM

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Black_Fly said:

Is there a custom shaft diameter, or a diameter option paddle out there?

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I suspect that some foam pool noodles and / or duct tape could probably solve this issue. Good luck,

Benson

 

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• Yesterday at 12:56 PM

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A pool noodle would be too soft.
I think a string wrapped around the paddle shaft would work better.
To make the string more stable, I would coat it with epoxy resin and then sand it smooth.

 

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• Yesterday at 5:42 PM

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Leave your paddle alone. Wear a glove. And go from there.
And relax your grip. Take it easy.

 

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• Yesterday at 6:14 PM

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Somewhere on myccr HOOP_ shows how to wrap a shaft with rope so it makes a firm grip with larger dimension.

From Hoop_ on myccr:
The classic way of wrapping a lower paddle shaft is using the whipping cord technique. The cord is smooth and bump-free since there are no knots. The whip is wrapped and pulled very tight, so it feels good in the hands and does not impede any sliding, and it won’t slip. It completely protects the shaft in the wear area (about 4-6 inches). I used 2mm climbing accessory cord.

Paddle wrap thread

The above might give you more ideas. I can’t find the instructional post he made.

 

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• Yesterday at 7:34 PM

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Seems like some self-adhering rubber tape? Maybe peelable?

 

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• Yesterday at 7:35 PM

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Odyssey said:

Leave your paddle alone. Wear a glove. And go from there.
And relax your grip. Take it easy.

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Got more gloves than Jimmy Carter has pills.

 

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• Today at 6:02 AM

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I've been thinking of wrapping my paddle shaft because my main solo boat has aluminum gunnels and I want to reduce noise. I haven't done it yet but found a couple videos. They focus on the rub area but I don't see why you couldn't extend it higher up the shaft to where you grip it.