William Malone wrote: SNIP > He (Verlen Kruger) says > " Whether paddling the Sea Wind canoe or the Dreamcatcher kayak, the > single blade canoe paddle increases your efficiency. I would like to see the proof of this (not the opinion). Sprint canoes and kayaks have similar hulls in length, beam etc. (almost identical these days) and yet kayaks out perform canoes even though the sprint paddler uses a very efficient high kneel position. Why would it be much different for recreational boats? > > In a magazine article he talked about a group of canoeist leaving a > group of experienced kayakers behind over a several day trip. How did the canoes and kayaks compare? What does he mean by experienced and were the kayakers of equal strength and experience with the canoeists? Were they all in the same hurry? If someone else saw the opposite happen is Verlen still right? > > He also says "Contrary to what some may believe, a larger, longer boat > paddles easier, safer, and with better handling characteristics than > many smaller less stable craft. No doubt just as some smaller boats paddle easier, safer, and with better handling characteristics than many larger more stable craft. I once asked Verlen why, if longer boats were better, didn't he make his boats even longer than they were since they would be faster etc. He quickly changed the subject. >For all its size and stability the > Dreamcatcher is as fast as some of the marathon racing C-1's." Some C-1's? What C-1's? Fast ones? Slow ones? What does he mean by "Fast"? Under what circumstances? > I would be interested in what some of the more knowledgeable members of > this group have to say about the relative speed of the Dreamcatcher > and about the endurance speed of the canoeist versus the Kayaker. Maybe Matt has run the Dreamatcher through the Taylor series. I have not done so with KAPER as I could not get a good set of lines. The ones I got looked like they had been augmented by excessive beer consumption. I frequently paddle a solo canoe on open water and often use a double bladed paddle for greater speed with less effort versus the single blade. I prefer the single bladed paddle on small lakes, rivers etc because it is easier to portage and gives excellent (to me) control from a kneeling position. When I met Verlen he impressed me with his strongly held opinions that he supported with more of his strongly held opinions. He did not seem to know a lot about hydrodynamics. I can't comment on his snoring. Cheers, John Winters *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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