Only if the paddle and boat have the same amount of resistance in the water, be it any combination of lift, drag, wavemaking resistance, or skin friction. Shawn "Jeffrey Steck" <jeffrey_steck_at_hotmail.com> wrote: >Efficiency of 5% would mean that for a boat speed of 3knots, >the paddle is slipping backwards at 57 knots, something none >of us have experienced. Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.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 Mon Jul 29 2002 - 13:09:22 PDT
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