Nick Shade wrote: - >Moving water indicates kinetic energy in the >water that could have been kinetic energy for >the kayak. Not necessarily. Water moving in the opposite direction of the movement of the kayak indicates that energy was transferred to the kayak. We had a lot of discussion some time ago about votex shedding off the blade and how that contributes to the lift generated by the paddle. And so on. -- mike ------------------------- Michael Edelman medelman_at_ameritech.net http://www.foldingkayaks.org http://www.findascope.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 Fri Jun 06 2003 - 20:33:41 PDT
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