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Originally Posted by pearen
Getting back on topic...
I just got off the South Salmon and EFSF and rowed both without rights. Recall from an earlier post, I learned to row without, but have been running rights for the past couple of seasons on my cat.
Running without was just like riding a bike. It came back instantly with no loss in performance. Basically, I really enjoyed the freedom and feeling of being without rights again. It was great with one major caveat...
Surfing without rights sucks! That control stroke where you only engage half of your blade in the green water does not work without rights. No matter how strong your wrists are you can't hold the blade vertical on strong fast waves. I found myself spinning off the big powerful waves, where with rights I would have been able to carve back and forth across the face.
So, if you need rights to know where your blade is, then maybe they are training wheels. But, if you know where your blade is and just can't keep it there, then maybe they are more like depends...
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He Who Dances on Water and Logs comes up with the best reason to ever have oar rights. Good point. I don't surf my Willi 2 very much but in a cat I can see it.