Dave you hit it right on the head with your discription. I have found that the paddle needs to be placed just "so" before entering the water. There should be a certain pattern to the sound of the blade slicing into the water. LOUD sounds are bad. To much wasted effort. A pop from the plade leaving the water does not make me go faster and seem to increase effort. The paddle sounds are more slicing than splashing or popping. Your discription was right on...... It took a GPS to figure this out. I got a GPS instead of knotmeter since I can use the GPS for other things. I ended up getting a shorter paddle as a result of my "tests." I think it will allow me to get a bit extra speed for the same effort. Dan McCarty *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Jan 31 2001 - 09:19:19 PST
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