I suspect a number of factors. Certanly the steady power output made a huge difference. Also the difference between leg and arm power. I have not looked closely at the Mirage propulsion system but it may have a design more suitable for low speed high thrust than high speed. Sort of like the difference between a tug boat and a destroyer. The one has a large propellor operating at low speed and the other a smaller propellor operating at high speed. They may have had a much different result had they had the battle between a sprint canoeist and the Mirage. Sprint canoeists use huge paddles (realatively speaking) and lots of upper body strength. At the top level canoeists will pull away form kayaks in the first 50 to 100 meters and then fall behind. Wouldn't you love to see a power curve for the two. Yes, Matt, you probably have it right - they sucker punched Barton. Cheers John Winters *************************************************************************** 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 Sun Aug 29 2004 - 07:03:26 PDT
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