Besides the placement of the paddle relative to the boat-body as Erik has mentioned, I neglected to mention that the angle of the paddle's power face when it is 'opened' to the front is also a significant factor to producing the stroke. As you can expect, opening up the paddle face too 'wide' will induce a stronger ruddering effect, which would require one to then counter the turning force with the kayak itself. Ong Yong Hui *************************************************************************** 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 Apr 17 2005 - 09:47:57 PDT
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