On Sat, 16 Jun 2001, Gabriel L Romeu wrote: > Steve Cramer wrote: > > Michael makes an excellent point about the blindness of the kayak. It > > doesn't know where the paddle is, it just reacts to the forces exerted > > by your butt, knees, and feet. > > This is just speculation, but I think you would be correct if we were > paddling a spherical object in the water. I'm not sure I can see the sequitur. A spherical kayak is blind to what the paddle is doing, but our long skinny ones are not? I'm not disagreeing with what you said (which I have snipped). I was just making the point that our bodies move the boat, not the paddle. Certainly, different hull shapes, either static or dynamic (as by heeling) make it easier or harder to do so. Steve Cramer *************************************************************************** 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 Sat Jun 16 2001 - 19:43:33 PDT
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