What do Paddlewiser's think? Do you have any other speculations as to why a two time Olympic gold medal winner lost the tug of war to the flipper boat or what would happen in an identical hull race? Matt Broze I don't have any idea as to the physics. But, I once competed in a pool slalom where one of the side show competitions was a tug of war. It was run one-on-one by clipping the back grab loops of the slalom boats to each other with a short line between the clips. It was an elimination tournament - lose and you're out. This was when I was as strong as I ever been but I lost in the first round to a guy who I could beat going backwards. I'm not exagerating - I could literally go faster backpaddling than he could paddling normally. But I weighed 135 pounds and he weighed 275. His total power was lots greater than mine. I would guess that this is why arm wrestling, boxing and regular wrestling all have weight categories. Jim Tibensky *************************************************************************** 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 - 14:00:57 PDT
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