RE: [Paddlewise] You do the math.......

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Hal Levine [mailto:hlevin_at_jlc.net]
> > In a perfect world,  let's say you are planning to paddle a linear
> > distance of six (6) miles at three (3)  miles per hour 
> > against a one (1)
> > mile per hour current how long should it take you if you don't stop?
> > How long will it take if you take a five (5) minute rest break every
> > fifteen (15) minutes (just stop paddling and let the 
> current have its
> > way)?
> > Practical math or practically magic?
> > 
> 
> 
> OK - Here's my shot at it...  and I know that I'm possibly exposing my
> frightful mathematical skills to the world
> 
> a)  3 hours - effective paddling speed calculated at 2 mph
> b)  14.42 hours - forward progress in 15 minutes .5 miles, 
> drift in five
> minutes .084 miles
> , total forward progress in a 20 minute time period .416 
> miles.  6 miles
> divided by .416 = my guess.
> Don't know if my scratchin and figgurin is right or not, but it was an
> interesting question to start the day.
> 
> Dave Seng - not a math whiz by any stretch of anyone's imagination!
> Juneau, Alaska


OK, I'll correct myself - .416 miles in 20 minutes works out to a forward
rate of 1.25 mph
so the six miles will take 4.8 hours.

Dave - who will now stop demonstrating his ignorance<g>
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