Thank you Chief. You might be right about 50". Could work if immersed as a canoe paddle should - more vertically.

Not a racer, have a Canadian version of Sea Wind - called Sea 1. 28" wide, V-hull, different shape cockpit. I happened to have an old 60" canoe paddle so I'm using it for now. Too long. I found that want to keep my top hand 5-6" below the end. Looks like I need 54" paddle? I am 5'4", foam seat is ~2 ...