Matt wrote: > Using the data from a slide I photographed at Freya's slide show in Seattle I > calculate that her average speed for the trip was just under 3.25 miles per > hour (a little over 2.8 knots). That average speed makes me question whether > such a long kayak (with its extra wetted surface and windage) and a wing > paddle (preventing changing strokes much to use different muscles) were her > best choices for the trip. .... While 2.8 kts may be her average speed, there must have been numerous longer stretches where she maintained at least 4 and possibly 4.5 kts. This is quite easy to do in an Epic 18, much more so than in her previous NDK Explorer. In her San Diego lecture she explicitly expressed high satisfaction with her choice of paddle, boat, and rudder. Jerry *************************************************************************** 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 Feb 21 2010 - 22:22:35 PST
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