> 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 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Wave~Length Paddling Mailing List > Submissions: wavelength_at_lists.intelenet.net > Subscriptions: wavelength-request_at_lists.intelenet.net > World Wide Web: http://www.wie.com/~wavenet/ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
At 00:41 1/04/98 +1500, Wayne Langmaid wrote: >G'day Jim - > >You poor lost soul - the techno weeney gear bug has gotten you as well. <more aside at poor lost Jim Croft> >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". Wayne, I bought a GPS nearly two years ago. What a wonderful toy it is! The good news is that the novelty wears off, your sight clears, and you find that you know where you are even when the batteries are flat. The techno weeny gear bug is a short-term problem (it just recurrs too often!). I still practice using my GPS, on occasion, but find that the best toy is still the kayak. With bits of gear. Like a sail. And a sea anchor. And a foot pump (I fitted it a month ago and still push the pedal just for fun). And a towrope. And custom fitting. What a blast it is to play with these toys! If I were in your place, I would be concerned about the panic attack. These things need to be managed. Your diving experience should bear this out. I suggest that, for the time being, you carry a couple of fresh sets of batteries, a paper bag and your favourite stuffed animal (mine is a platypus). If you don't have a stuffed animal, then the Australian Geographic shop has an excellent selection from Jozzies Toys. You will probably find the waypoint for the shop in your GPS. If not, then just make a MOB waypoint at the last track record for that day. That should be close enough. (For those of you who are from outside Australia, have a look at http://www.ausgeo.com.au) There is some useful software out there, for typing in waypoints and plotting tracks: Waypoint+ by Brent Hildebrand at http://www.ks8n.org/~waypoint+ This is what I have settled on. If the GPS were a _truly_ useful tool for the sea-kayaker, I would _buy_ Fugawi or some similar software which supports scanned maps. Play, play, play, Andrew > >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 >> > <snip> >> 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 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Wayne Langmaid wrote: > ...SNIP... > 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". ... I have had a similar experience. That is why I always carry a spare! It may seem as though the solution is counseling, but actually the solution is simply to get more gadgets, and back-ups for those gadgets. All of this stuff makes great ballast. :-) Dan Hagen *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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