Nick Schade wrote: > > >>There is a demonstration of > >>this -- using stationary buoys -- about halfway through the tape. > >> > >>You may deduct the cost of the video from my $100 reward. > >> > > Take your mind back to your physics class when you were in high school or > college and think about this. Take your eyes to your TV and look at what they're doing. It certainly looks like the paddle is staying put--OK, maybe it moves a centimeter--and the boat is moving. But unless the bouy is also moving through the water, the paddle is pretty well fixed. Steve *************************************************************************** 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 - 14:42:30 PDT
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