For an innovative canoe paddle design, check out the Dec 2018 blog post entitled, "
A fitting paddle for Rachel" from the Canadian Canoe Museum. The piece outlines the story of Rachel Q, an accomplished young woman who uses a prosthetic on her left arm.
Paddle maker and museum volunteer, Rick Schuett, engineered a special paddle for Rachel which allows her to make make all the necessary correction strokes with her right while the prosthetic hooks securely on the grip.
I happened to meet Rick during the
2018 WCHA assembly in Peterborough where he demonstrated the design to onlookers. The rotating mechanism in the shaft was made from a modified gas supply line coupling.
1 comment:
Nice... But I wonder how sturdy the link would be? I broke many of these type of links on air compressors...
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