Gerald wrote; ->Here is why I like long paddles: I was using a 218 cm conventional paddle >when I inherited a 246 cm narrow blade. I tried it over my regular 8 NM >bi-weekly distance and found myself much less fatigued. My speed was the >same (4 knots measured). Intrigued, I did numerous repeated time trials in >different boats with both paddles. Same results, I consistently was less >tired at the end of the 2 hours with the long narrow blade. The question that arises in my mind is, were the two paddles equivalent in area and drag coefficient? 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 Sun Sep 27 1998 - 17:03:41 PDT
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