Paddles: 240cm vs. 230cm
Posted August 27th, 2003 @ 04:52pm by Erik J. Barzeski
I've currently got a 240 cm paddle. I previously had a 220 cm paddle, and I'm certain that it was too short, because my hands were hitting the side of my boat when paddling, and I was making an awful lot of noise. Having read this article, I'm considering a 230 cm paddle. I really like my Bending Branches Stealth Dream Carbon Composite paddle, so I'm going to have to try it in a 230 cm version. Anyway, if you're interested in physics, the link above is a pretty simple example of applied physics, and an example of something people rarely think about when they're wasting energy paddling around in arcs.
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Posted 22 Mar 2004 at 4:21pm #
The link is broken?
Posted 22 Mar 2004 at 8:31pm #
The link was broken (the site it was pointing at did some reorganization), and now I've fixed it. Thank you for pointing it out.