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seatosummit28

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 9:00 pm
Post subject: Is there any evidence that wing blades improve your speed for sea kayak racing?
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Just wondering if there is unequivical evidence that wing blades work.
I did my first race this week averaging around 6min30 sec for 6 kms.
How much faster can go with wing blades. Im using a soltice gt. Also, i
cant really move my knees up and down in the soltice as cockpit is so
confining.

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:55 am
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seatosummit28 RemoveThis @yahoo.com writes:

> Just wondering if there is unequivical evidence that wing blades work.
> I did my first race this week averaging around 6min30 sec for 6 kms
> How much faster can go with wing blades. Im using a soltice gt. Also, i
> cant really move my knees up and down in the soltice as cockpit is so
> confining.
>

I have no idea but not being a kayaker I must ask what you mean by
"averaging around 6min30 sec for 6 kms". Surely not that 6 km took
you 6.5 minutes because that would mean 29.9 knots of average speed
or a new world record for human powered water craft by a rather wide
margin.

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Martin Schöön <martin.schoon RemoveThis @gmail.com>

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prove their worth by hitting back"
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:10 am
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seatosummit28.DeleteThis@yahoo.com wrote:

> Just wondering if there is unequivical evidence that wing blades work.
> I did my first race this week averaging around 6min30 sec for 6 kms.
> How much faster can go with wing blades. Im using a soltice gt. Also, i
> cant really move my knees up and down in the soltice as cockpit is so
> confining.
>

I have no idea. Since this group is ostensibly about sailboat racing,
you probably won't get the answer here.

You might want to ask the nice folks over at rec.boats.paddle.
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:55 pm
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Schöön Martin wrote:

> seatosummit28.RemoveThis@yahoo.com writes:
>
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>>Just wondering if there is unequivical evidence that wing blades work.
>>I did my first race this week averaging around 6min30 sec for 6 kms
>>How much faster can go with wing blades. Im using a soltice gt. Also, i
>>cant really move my knees up and down in the soltice as cockpit is so
>>confining.
>>
>
>
> I have no idea but not being a kayaker I must ask what you mean by
> "averaging around 6min30 sec for 6 kms". Surely not that 6 km took
> you 6.5 minutes because that would mean 29.9 knots of average speed
> or a new world record for human powered water craft by a rather wide
> margin.
>

Runners talk about "6 minute miles" I'll guess that's 6:30 per Km. 4kts
or so, much more reasonable!

Andy
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