On 5 Sep 2004 at 20:25, alex wrote: > GP, how I understand it and trying to use, implies short strokes - > underwater path of the blade is 20" or so. This is less than it is > usually for Euro. This is not what I would assume. Euro paddles catch further forward and exit earlier than a GP, but I'm not so sure that the stroke length is so different. > So, for a GP and Euro with close blade areas > maintaining close speeds should result in lower cadence for a Euro. Not many Euro paddles are comparable in area to a GP. My GP has an area of around 80-85 sq. in. That's comparable to a CD Sabella - considered a small paddle among Euro paddles. Most Euro paddles are greater than 100 sq. in. and many are up to 120 or more. An example of a 100 sq. in. paddle is the Aquabound Expedition and my Lendal Archipelago is something around 110-120 (I forget exactly). The latter is one of the smallest Lendal blades! I just got back from paddling with the usual suspects. Two of us were using GPs and the other a Euro. We all had roughly the same tempo for the same speed. My GP technique is therefore presumably not so different than Keith's. As John F. commented, I do use a higher cadence when accelerating, but that's due to the GP's lesser power. Mike *************************************************************************** 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 Sep 06 2004 - 15:08:10 PDT
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