From: "Nick Schade" <schade_at_guillemot-kayaks.com> > > Seems to me the when I've waterskied that the tug on the > rope went down between the time when my body is out of the water, but > the ski is still deep, and the time when I am up and really going > along. Both situations strike me as "planing" but the latter seems to > have much less drag. Couldn't the same happen is a kayak, on surf? Pure speculation, but could the end of the high tension simply been the end of acceleration and the beginning of relatively constant speed? Mike *************************************************************************** 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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