At 07:44 PM 5/22/01 -0700, Harvey Golden wrote: >I'm certain I'm not the only one who has noticed this fact. Furthermore, a >buoyant paddle of the same weight as a non-buoyant paddle will feel lighter >when being paddled: As soon as you immerse a blade, the buoyancy is making >the paddle lighter. At the end of the stroke, the buoyancy lifts the blade >out-- puts a little spring-in-the-step as it were. Wouldn't that buoyancy also make it more difficult to immerse the paddle during the catch portion of the stroke? *************************************************************************** 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 May 23 2001 - 06:53:22 PDT
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