Subject: Re: [baidarka] baidarka speeds
From: James Mitchell (baidarka@earthlink.net)
Date: Sat Oct 02 2004 - 07:33:11 EDT
Kurt, you are saying it perfectly. I think we do tend to go faster, if
only because we are more comfortable and our bodies are not being
overstressed. this is the whole point of the discussion.
On Sep 30, 2004, at 3:56 PM, kschmidt wrote:
>> So if you leave the door of your house open in the winter, are you
>> letting in the cold or are you letting out the heat?
>>
>> Wolfgang
>>
>
>
> letting out the heat...cold is the natural state of the environment...
>
> I like skinny paddles... When pushing a broad paddle thru the water
> it has a tendency to upset the balance of the boat... the skinny
> paddle allows for greater stability when power stroking.... na dit
> seems to allow me to go faster.
>
>
> : ) Kurt....
>
> PS
> blowing 100 yesterday, only 60 today... let me see, do I want a
> fat paddle or skinny paddle in that Aleutian breeze.... ?
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