Laurie wrote; >If the afore mentioned coach is correct, and paddling is like pulling your >kayak through the water from stake to stake, then you are going to use 'X' >amount of energy to move yourself and the kayak, say one kilometre. The >paddle itself must be irrelevant. > >If you move a certain weight through a certain distance, laws of physics >will tell you exactly how much energy is needed. It's irrelevant whether you >are using a diesel engine, steam power, or man power. He is wrong. Cheers, John Winters Redwing Designs Specialists in Human Powered Watercraft http://home.ican.net/~735769/ *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Jul 22 1998 - 04:31:45 PDT
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