Re: [Paddlewise] "Regular" paddle stroke

From: Michael Daly <michaeldaly_at_home.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 20:26:40 -0400
From: "Michael Daly" <michaeldaly_at_home.com>


> Michael Daly wrote:
> *Technically, this is a wrench rather than a moment.  You are generating a moment
> and a linear force simultaneously.  

I woke up this morning and said to myself "This is wrong!"   It's not a wrench, it's a 
pure moment generated by the torso muscles.   I was thinking backwards when
I wrote it.

> the linear force changes direction
> continously, so you slide away from the stroke side of the kayak at the start of the
> stroke, forward in the middle of the stroke and toward the stroke side at the end,
> assuming you go roughly 180 degrees.

This part is still true though.

Mike


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