A letter and a question from Solo 14 owner David Z. follows…

Wow what magnificent rowing weather! I just came back off of Boundary Bay to the delight of people on the beach as they came around to look at this beautiful Solo 14. But while rowing I seem to continuously get tingling hands… have you ever heard of this?
 
Now I am not out of shape at all, I run, swim, cycle, throw around weights all the time… but this is peculiar… it feels like my hands are going to sleep. Is it just a matter of getting use to the pull on the tendons? Remember, I have not used my boat for a year… last May I broke my arm and tore three major muscle groups in my forearm, so rowing was nixed.
 
Nonetheless I love it… I love the variable pace. I LOVE the sliding seat and the sweet serenity of it all.  David Z David's question about his hands tingling has to do with grip..... all the flexor tendons pass thru the same tunnel as the median nerve (carpal tunnel). The nerve is real gushy while the tendons are like steak gristle...thus when competing for space the nerve gets the short end and starts to malfunction. The tingle more than likely is in thumb and adjacent two fingers. The cure is a light grip with slight extension of the wrist. Hope this helps.
Marie also mentioned some of our fellow rowers don't like to look over the shoulder for waypoints. First of all it is very healthy for the cervical spine to do this maneuver. It really helps to wear rimless sunglasses (Maui Jim) and it is important to have depth perception in your peripheral vision. Try looking over the opposite shoulder of your dominant eye (usually right) to find your dominant eye. Look at a distant object then block your vision with a finger alternate closing each eye and your dominant eye is the one where the finger does not move.