Re: [Paddlewise] Different paddles, different strokes Re: confused Aussie :-)

From: Rich Kulawiec <rsk_at_gsp.org>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 11:58:47 -0400
On Fri, Jul 24, 1998 at 07:51:00AM -0400, John Winters wrote:
> 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.

What difference would that make?  The stipulation was that the paddle did
not move, NOT that it didn't create eddies.

> 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.

I'm not sure what you mean by this; do you mean the flow of the current?
(I'm pretty sure this bit of video was shot on a lake.)

---Rsk
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