Gerald Foodman wrote: > In the video you call the power phase of the stroke the resting > phase. This is incorrect and will mislead students. I call it the resting phase, while you call it the power phase. Why would I be wrong, and not you? Tradition is not a valid argument. > Plus, very little energy is required to change sides, which again > is contrary to what is said in the video. The energy to change sides amount to about 30 Nm in my case: I lift over 3 kilograms about 1 meter in the air. If I do that every second, I put about 30 Watts into just lifing my arms. If that efficiently converts to forward power, I should give a kayak a speed of about 2.5 miles per hour (which is just below my normal touring speed), if the measurements from this site are correct: http://www.oneoceankayaks.com/kayakpro/kayakgrid.htm#waveanch Niels *************************************************************************** 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 24 2011 - 08:59:07 PDT
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