At 11:43 AM -0400 7/23/98, Niels Henriksen wrote: >Well there could be a case were it dosn't move through water during a >forward stroke >especially if the blade were frozen in ice. :-) Don't be so sure. Even ice would flex when power is applied. The only way it would not move is if there was no force. It would take delicate instruments to detect the motion, but it would move. It is physically impossible for it to do otherwise. Even if the ice was perfectly stiff, it would just transfer the motion to the earth. Luckily for the people putting up the money, water is not very stiff, so the force applied moves the water no matter how good your stroke is. Actually failure to move any water would indicate an exceedingly poor technique. This technique is best represented by the "air brace". Nick Schade Guillemot Kayaks c/o Newfound Woodworks, 67 Danforth Brook Rd, Bristol, NH 03222 (603) 744-6872 Schade_at_guillemot-kayaks.com http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/ >>>>"It's not just Art, It's a Craft!"<<<< *************************************************************************** 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 - 13:54:00 PDT
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