-----Original Message----- From: owner-paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net [mailto:owner-paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net]On Behalf Of Matt Broze .... Still, I don't see how the narrower blade can be both slipping more (to give a higher cadence) and still be moving the kayak just as far through the water with each stroke (which from the ratios seems to be the case). Slipping more and extra distance shouldn't go together).... ------------------------------ Well, the narrower blade is usually less responsive when you try to change the momentum. You will loose performance in sprints and probably while maneuvering in surf. But whith a propper design you should be able to achieve the same final speed than with a wider blade, or even more. There have been discussions here when people commented they could have similar speeds with greenland paddles than with regular. My point is that in this case, as both paddles have almost the same lenght, the slipping might give the extra energy to allow the increment in spm, but this is only a posibility, not a conclusion, and as we both say, there are more variables like weight, shape of the blades, and fexion. All these providing that the paddler was supplying the same amount of power to both paddles. Fernando Lopez Arbarello *** KAYAK ARGENTINA *** http://home.earthlink.net/~kayakargentina *************************************************************************** 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 Jul 20 2002 - 19:54:13 PDT
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