Craig Jungers wrote: > > For me the most interesting part of this exchange is that it's easier to > paddle than to just hold the paddle up. :) Another observation that might be related: Did anyone notice that paddling has a _minimum_ speed? When paddling with novices, I often make just one or two strokes, and then just rest my paddle on the cockpit, waiting for the others to catch up. In my white-water boat, where resting the paddle makes me drift of course, I often use a canoe-like stroke, keeping my paddle on the left, exchanging the occasional stroke with a lazy rudder. That minimum speed, is that just me, or does it have more victims? 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 Thu Apr 28 2011 - 12:27:26 PDT
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