Pete, good point. The holes were used in the evolution of his current S O. paddle design and were removed over time. The truth be told his final paddle design is awesome for boating that requires movement of blades through the water as in play boating or squirting. I'm not sure the same design would work so well for sea paddling. JFF >While Jim Snyder did experiment with this and had some >success, it should be noted that the holes weren't the >ultimate answer. He stopped using them in favor of >other methods. There was a lot of discussion (well >some anyway) on rec.boats.paddle several years ago on >this topic. A google search on posting by >"jimisnyder" should turn them up if anyone is >interested. > >Pete Staehling > >--- Joe Federici <fedo_at_hudsonet.com> wrote: >> Jim Syder a well known squirt boat designer and >> paddle maker also >> talks about the use of holes to cut down on flutter. >> If I remember >> correctly it has something to do with breaking up >> the eddies that >> form on the backside of a paddle during a stroke. >> >> JFF > > >Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! >http://greetings.yahoo.com -- *************************************************************************** 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 Feb 13 2002 - 07:53:03 PST
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