Rich wrote; >Sure. Nobody's forward stroke is perfect. And nobody's blade design >is perfect either -- which is why it slips a bit. Both are imperfections >to be minimized, but both are non-zero. Is it possible to have a100% efficient paddle? Is it possible to have a 100% efficient stroke? >I'm sorry, I've no idea why people would talk like this. Why not ask them? Did. They said it was lift. > >> Another curious thing. If the blade doesn't move, how does a sculling >> stroke work? and a brace? > >We were discussing forward strokes, not sculling strokes or braces. OK. > >> I also wonder how the water knows when the stroke is being correctly >> performed. > >The water doesn't "know" anything. I failed to make myself clear. What would constitute a correctly performed stroke relative to the water? > >This is not a puzzle at all. I was hoping you would explain it to me. 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 Thu Jul 23 1998 - 05:02:27 PDT
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