Re: [Paddlewise] Re.: reindeer speed in water and re.: paddle length

   Wow, traffic on Paddlewise has really picked up. I'm having a really
hard time getting any work done. On the subject of flutter, I've never
been able to get my paddle blade to flutter...what am I doing wrong?
   I can honestly say that I'm not too worried about getting run down and
trampled by a caribou while paddling (well, maybe a little). However, I
would be terrified to be pursued by a polar bear or grizzly bear while
on the water. Has anyone ever measured their swimming prowess and lived
to tell about it?

Brad



Quoting Richard Culpeper <culpeper_at_tbaytel.net>:

> Caribou swimming speed, Caribou Eskimo kayak speed (and modern flatwater
> sprint kayak speed) are roughly comparable at the top end -- well over 5 mph
> and approaching 6 mph.  Caribou are a lot more manouverable than caribou
> Eskimo kayaks and flatwater sprint kayaks, and lancing a caribou can not be
> done while maintaining a sprint, so as far as hunting caribou from kayaks
> goes, it is not a matter of racing the caribou, but rather of people and
> inukhuit cairns on shore herding the caribou from shore toward the water,
> and then a group of kayakers herding the swimming caribou so that the
> caribou get close enough for a couple of kayakers to lance them in the
> water, while people on shore to use bows and arrows to shoot caribou that
> make it to shore.
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