On 28/04/2011 3:27 PM, Niels Blaauw wrote: > 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 I have a friend, ten years younger, bigger and stronger than me, who is a pain to paddle with. He contends that it is more tiring and just plain hard to do: to slow down to match my speed. So he scoots ahead and then rests every now and again while I catch up. So there are at least two of you with a minimum speed fixation. <g> -- Darryl *************************************************************************** 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 - 15:00:57 PDT
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