As Dan Hagen noted, it must be fun to argue about the little stuff that doesn't matter much - or something to that effect. All of this assumes a match between the paddle and the particular boat. If the boat has very little resistance to movement the paddle probably doesn't move much. If the boat has a lot more resistance than the paddle can move effeciently (i.e. paddling a supertanker, or a floating dock), then it will move significantly. - This would also be similar to the results you would get by paddling with a small round stick, no matter what your technique. Gotta go paddle -Have fun - Saul At 07:51 AM 7/24/98 -0400, John Winters wrote: >Rich wrote; > >>I will be happy to take this bet, provided the phrase "forward stroke" is >>changed to "correctly performed forward stroke", since of course it's >>possible (however undesirable) to take a poor stroke and move the paddle. >> >>Please purchase a copy of "The Kayaker's Edge" video available any number >>of places, including directly from Performance Video, 550 Riverbend Road, >>Durango, Colorado 81301, 888-259-5805 24-hour order line, 970-259-1361 >>voice line, 970-259-4148 fax line. 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. > >The video is proof of nothing. First the movement of the paddle in the >water is not revealed since there is insufficient close up to show if there >are eddies around the paddle. Also, if I recall the video correctly, (I >think I saw it at a canoe show some time back) there is no way of knowing >what the flow is from the shots. Hence the flow could be around the paddle >and not revealed by the relative motion of the boat to background objects. > >Sorry Rich, you don't get off so lightly. To prove your point you must >actually prove it. Mind, if you do prove it I will be first to nominate you >for a Nobel Prize in Physics since you will have overturned one of the >basic principles of physics that a fluid will not support sheer forces. > >It will be worth the $100. > >You can help us in proving it for you if you will tell us what constitutes >a perfect stroke. Then, I can prove it for you in my tank. IT will be loads >of fun. > > >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/ >*************************************************************************** > > Saul Kinderis saul_at_isomedia.com tel:(425)402-3426 *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Jul 24 1998 - 07:24:09 PDT
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