"Aaron Cunningham wrote: > The rudder pedals don't slide they pivot on fixed pegs (i.e. you push with > your toes). Even with some tweaking, I had to quit afater bout an hour > because my calves started to twitch... Were you using the rudder or paddle technique to steer? If you were using the rudder for steering like a motorboat or sailboat does, I'm not surprised your calves got sore! Try using the rudder like a direction control device--to keep the boat pointed in the direction you want to go, but set it and leave it alone. Use sweep strokes to turn the boat. > Is their a free online boat comparison tool? i.e. a web database of > boat specs that yopu could compare multiple boats... John Fereira has one at http://mayfly.mannlib.cornell.edu/kayak/ I would add the disclaimer though, that boats have widely varying hull shapes that you can't discern by reading length, width, and weight. You just have to paddle them. Aww shucks! > Re: Paddle length: Ken Cooperstein posted a fine spreadsheet calculation that takes into account your paddling style, spine length, boat width, preferred blade length, elbow-to-elbow length, shoulder width, etc. I find it's fairly accurate. He originally posted it as a MS/Works spreadsheet, but I've converted it to an Excel spreadsheet. Email me if you want me to send it to you (I can't post it to the list!) Shawn -- Shawn W. Baker 0 46°53'N © 2000 ____©/______ 114°06'W ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^\ ,/ /~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ baker_at_montana.com 0 http://www.geocities.com/shawnkayak/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Aug 11 2000 - 08:00:42 PDT
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