Re: [Paddlewise] (2) calculators for kayaking or sailing??

G'day Jim -

You poor lost soul - the techno weeney gear bug has gotten you as well.

Soon you will be attending TW Anonymous meetings with lots of people you
don't know.  You will find yourself standing up, professing your self
indulgences and begging forgiveness (actually that may already occur on
a few club trips from what I hear!)

Since getting a GPS a few months ago I can't go anywhere without the
blasted thing - I have this desire to know exactly where I am at all
times - now this is not all that critical when you are standing out
front of the Australian Geographic shop at Erina Fair Shopping Center.
My batteries went flat and I had a near panic attack finding my way to
the nearest shop down the mall without my "guidance system".

Do yourself a favor, forget the calculators - take your GPS, find your
nearest counsellor and stop the madness before it gets worse.

Regards -

Wayne Langmaid



Jim Croft wrote:

> > Does anybody know of any online calculators for kayaking or
> sailing??
> > I like to add the to the calculator.com directories.
>
> There is a thing called 'SpeedCoach' made by Nielsen Kellerman (a Yank
>
> company that also makes a neat looking water-proof impellor-based
> pocket
> digital anemometer).  It seems to be aimed at those interested in
> serous
> competetive training.
>
> It has a smaller impellor that attaches to the underside of the hull
> with self-adhesive, a tilt switch for kayak paddles, and a signal
> transmission system that picks up info from the impellor and displays
> it
> on a deck-mounted LC display.  The canoe and rowing versions can pick
> up
> cadence from changes in boat speed and do not need the tilt switch.
>
> The display includes elapsed time, split times, cadence, speed through
>
> the water (in a variety of units), pace (time for 500m), and verages
> at
> up to 25 checkpoints, and so on.
>
> In Australia that cost c. $450 and might be less than $US300.
>
> I have almost worked up the courage to buy one... but my 14 year old
> son will probably steal it on the grounds that he can paddle faster
> than me...
>
> -- jim
>
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