Re: [baidarka] Paddle?


Subject: Re: [baidarka] Paddle?
From: Chris Brown (chris.brown@zetnet.co.uk)
Date: Wed Jan 02 2002 - 02:29:02 EST


I use a flat power face and shaped back. There is a lot of turbulence
at the tip. This transmitts throught the paddle as noise. it does not
happen with the paddle shaped on both sides.
Chris

The message <000a01c19351$591b9b20$f93dbbcd@leopard>
  from "hispaniola" <hispaniola@netzero.net> contains these words:

> I'm getting a lot of noise when I paddle. Not only a splashy entry (which I'm
> working on, hey only my third time out) but a gurgling as air bubbles "follow"
> the blade through the water. I'm not sure if this is "right" or not but I
> know it's kind of annoying and it occurs to me that it wouldn't make for a
> very silent hunter. The power face of my paddle is rounded and the back I
> left flat. Is there any reshaping of either face that might help to eliminate
> this noise?

> Vaya Con Dios.

> -
> Baidarka Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be
> reproduced outside Baidarka or Baidarka archives without author's permission
> Submissions: baidarka@paddlewise.net
> Subscriptions: baidarka-request@paddlewise.net
> Searchable archive: http://rtpnet.org/robroy/baidarka

-
Baidarka Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be
reproduced outside Baidarka or Baidarka archives without author's permission
Submissions: baidarka@paddlewise.net
Subscriptions: baidarka-request@paddlewise.net
Searchable archive: http://rtpnet.org/robroy/baidarka



This archive was generated by hypermail 2b27 : Fri Feb 01 2002 - 01:30:01 EST