Werner Skagit Fiberglass 2-Piece Adjustable Kayak Paddle
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A great value for those with a budget who enjoy relaxed, low-angle paddling, the Werner Skagit Fiberglass 2-Piece Adjustable kayak paddle shares features with higher models, but at a lower price.
Shop similar products- Quick and easy length adjustments up to 20 cm make this paddle perfect for sharing with other people or switching between kayaks with different boat widths
- Injection-molded, fiberglass-reinforced nylon blades resist impact and wear
- Midsize, low-angle blade design fits a wide range of paddlers
- Light swing weight and dihedral blade shape combine to allow smooth and stable forward paddling
Made in USA.
View all Werner Kayak Paddles| Best Use | Kayaking |
|---|---|
| Paddle Style | Low-angle |
| Shaft Shape | Straight |
| Shaft Type | 2-piece |
| Blade Shape | Asymmetrical Dihedral |
| Hand Control | Right and Left |
| Feather Angle | Adjustable |
| Blade Construction | Fiberglass-reinforced nylon |
| Shaft Construction | Carbon/fiberglass |
| Blade Size | 19.3 x 6.1 inches |
| Blade Surface Area (sq. in.) | 93.75 square inches |
| Weight | 2 lbs. 4.75 oz. |
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Fully and rigidly adjustable, with one big issue.
I’ve been pretty much been using 230 cm commercial grade fiberglass (mostly Canon) paddles. I’ve wanted to try out other length for a while now, and I’ve consistently heard good things about Werner. I found this paddle on sale, and thought I’d give it a try. My first impression was not so great, as I immediately experienced paddle flutter. I’d heard the term, but never experienced it. That’s interesting I thought. I wouldn’t have expected that from a Warner paddle. But as I continued to use it, and “dial in” it’s adjustability, I began to like it more and more. Even with the adjustability mechanism, it definitely felt lighter than my fiberglass shaft paddles. And as I began adjusting it, and improving my stroke, the blade flutter completely disappeared and I found I was pushing water with greater ease. It turned out to be a nice blade design, although I’m not sure it’s streamlined design would hold up to the beating I occasionally give my other paddles. As it turned out, 230 cm actually turned out be about the perfect length for my size and the boat I was paddling, so the length adjustment did not provide much advantage to me. On the other hand I was very pleased with infinitely feathering adjustability. Until then I’d never found feathering to be an advantage. With this paddle I could do a less aggressive feathering adjustment, which gave me a more natural feeling stroke. So bottom line… if you don’t need the full adjustability this paddle offers, you should look at other Warner paddles. If it’s lighter than your current paddle you will like that. You might find the full adjustability of the feathering an advantage, but I think can find that in other Werner paddles, and I think the blade design is better than my commercial paddles. But the length adjustability has some issues. If it weren’t an adjustable paddle, I’d give it a 2 1/3 - 3, but I’ll give a 4 since I can’t give it a 3 1/2 and the adjustability is the primary advantage to this paddle. So regarding that length adjustability issue, and it’s a big one… the unique adjustment mechanism, which holds the two pieces in infinitely adjustable positions works very well. It locks the paddle surprisingly firmly into position, better than my “button click” paddles which always seem just a tiny bit loose. But this locking mechanism has one huge drawback. At around the 240 cm length, the locking lever was right at my handhold position, which pretty much made it unusable for me in the 240 cm position. If I had known that I would have looked elsewhere. But since I will probably not need to use it in the 240 cm position, it may turn out to preferable over my chunky Canon fiberglass paddles.