Matt put into words my impression when I read this posting, why was the stroke rate different, and what impact did it have? John Blackburn Matt Broze wrote: > Paul Grant paragrant_at_webtv.net wrote: > <SNIP>>>>>>> I paddled 1 mile course using two different paddles, a Lindyl > (sp?) that > is 218cm. long > with a 44cm x 20.5cm blade and a Whetstone that is 220 cm with a 44x17 > blade. > Lindyl Whetstone > > cadence 70 spm 80 spm > avg sp 4.6 mph 5.3 mph > max sp 5.9 6.1<<<<<<<<<<<< > > I think the reason for the difference in speed is pretty clear 7/8=.875, > 4.6/5.3=.868. It looks like each stroke was moving the kayak just about the > same distance (which would be expected for paddles of about the same length. > For some reason you took more strokes with the Whetstone though. Was it > lighter or had lighter weight blades even if the same weight? Possibly with > the shorter blade you were not having to bury it as deep (takes time) to > completely submerge the blade or possibly you were using some energy to push > the throat area of the longer blade forward in the water due to the pivot > point being below the surface and that slowed the stroke rate. Does anyone > have any other ideas of why the stroke rate might have been higher with the > Whetstone paddle than the Lendahl. *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Jul 19 2002 - 19:10:20 PDT
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