At 09:50 AM 7/22/98 +1000, Laurie Ford wrote: >Hi fellow paddlers, > I can't believe the hipe about paddles that is going >on. Last year I attended a session on a beach where one of the countries top >Marathon coaches was talking about paddling efficiently. One thing he said >was that the paddle does not actually move through the water, it is very >much like having a long series of posts set in concrete under the water - >you reach forward with your left hand and pull yourself and kayak forward, >then reach forward with the right hand and pull forward again >Me, I'd rather be out paddling than become a gear freak, and spend the rest >of my life talking about sea canoeing. >I paddle with other people in different types of kayaks, with different >paddles to mine, and to each other - we all seem to paddle along at the same >speed - the type of paddle seems relatively unimportant. > >My own paddle (for over 20 years) is 8'2" (2.5m) long. It has flat >fibreglass blades (22" X 5") laid up on a one and half inch aluminium shaft. > >Laurie Ford. >laurie.ford_at_tassie.net.au >http://www.tassie.net.au/~lford What we are contemplating is how much energy it takes with each stroke with different style paddling blades. Some of us are not so easy to satisfy as you. Dana *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jul 21 1998 - 17:08:59 PDT
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