On 28 Sep 2004 at 23:58, WhiteRabbit wrote: > decrease drag. I seem to recall they also had something similar a few > years back for the Olympic swim team suits. Still in use. However, they seem to have more to do with psych wars between the swimmers than real hydrodynamic performance. The Thorpedo may or may not wear one and may or may not have a top. Ditto some of the others - some only cover the legs, while others wear only shorts. As long as every top swimmer keeps every other top swimmer quessing, they are more worried about performance than doing something about performance. In the long run, those suits may end up having been only a fad. Or not. 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 Wed Sep 29 2004 - 11:40:58 PDT
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