Anyone who has ever paddled in mud flats, and confronted the problem of the blades hitting and grabbing the mud, knows that the statement below about the paddle blade not moving is not true. When your paddle gets stuck in mud it takes a tremendous effort to move the boat forward, try it and convince yourself. Also, if the paddle did not move in the water then wing paddles would be no different than any other paddles, and in fact the paddle shape and size would be completely irrelevant. The statement "the paddle does not move in the water, but rather the kayak moves forward" is an instructor strategy to convince the beginner paddler to not paddle with his/her arms, but with his/her body and torso. Once you learn how to paddle then you can feel the difference of different types of paddles and shapes, and get an impression of all the paddling movements, as the true dynamics of paddling are still a matter of debate. - Julio > >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 > > > >Laurie Ford. > >laurie.ford_at_tassie.net.au > >http://www.tassie.net.au/~lford *************************************************************************** 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 - 23:57:03 PDT
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