Maybe I'm missing something with my silly examples, but here goes again. Sit alongside the water, not in a boat but on solid ground, and make a paddling motion with a toothpick. The toothpick slips easily through the water with no noticeable resistance. Try it with a popsicle stick. Then a ping pong paddle. Then an Inuit style blade. They all slip through the water, as will whatever paddle you're using. The bigger the surface area of the "blade" [I sholdn't call a toothpick a blade], the less slip and the more resistance. But they all slip, for Pete's sake. If a blade didn't slip in the water when paddling a kayak, there wouldn't be any cavitation, would there?? And there would be no need to dig deep. And we would go just as fast in concrete as we do in H2O. I think. Jim Tibensky _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com *************************************************************************** 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 Fri May 11 2001 - 14:32:15 PDT
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