On Saturday, 19 February 2011 00:15 Jens said: ' I have come to some preliminary conclusions' Jens Thanks for the reporting and the analysis. It is rare that reporters in the media have any ideas of what questions to ask - or what details to report on. You are doing a fine job and have given some answers on clothing, body type and preparedness. Could you double-check that 4.5m length - it seems awfully short. Full sized dragon boats (for 20-odd crew) are 12-16m - so the scaling down to 2/3 that crew number would indicate a longer boat than 4.5m (plus, to my eye, it just looks longer in the picture - even with camera angle taken into account). I looked it up and the IDBF international standard boat (for 12 crew or less) is 9m long (www.idbf.org/dragonboats.php). Best Regards Paul Hayward, Auckland, New Zealand *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Feb 18 2011 - 17:34:59 PST
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