My only advice on catching a kayak thief would be to watch for meth addicts carrying a kayak under their arm. Or watch for meth addicts advertising kayaks on ebay or craigslist. I guess my horsepower question could be expressed as: how big an outboard motor would you need to push that dragonboat at the same speed if the paddlers all decided to go on cigarette break simultaneously, and we compensate for the weight of the outboard by tossing one comparable paddler overboard? Brad Crain Quoting Matt Broze <marinerkayaks_at_msn.com>: > Bradford asked: > >>>>>>>> 1. How many horsepower does one dragonboat generate? > 2. Do paddlers develop asymmetrical/lopsided bodies?<<<<<< > > Is it a trick question? The dragonboat doesn't generate any horsepower at > all. It just generates drag when horsepower moves it. > > To answer the question you likely meant based on what I think is the > horsepower that a very strong paddler could generate. The 20 paddlers times > about 1/5 of a horsepower generated by each paddler would generate about 4 > horsepower total. Horsepower = drag in pounds x speed in knots x 0.003069 (I > think). > > I get about 9 knots as their speed. About what a top single Olympic > kayak paddler can do. If HP=speed in knots times drag in pounds > times .003069 then > that gives between 3.3 to 4.1 horsepower needed to move the boat that fast. > > Sorry to be so long getting this done. I've been working double time to try > to catch a kayak thief. > > Matt Broze > www.marinerkayaks.com *************************************************************************** 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 Sep 30 2007 - 17:15:38 PDT
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