Light Paintings of Paddle Motion

Wow! Those are art in and of themselves, but as a kayaker (and sometime canoer), they are especially interesting. Thanks for posting about them.
 
Everybody,

Glad you all like them.

Sunbeam,

I suspect they may have some value in evaluating a kayak paddler's stroke for defects, although ordinary video can be used just as well. As a guy who uses a low angle stroke in lieu of the more efficient, more tiring high angle stroke, I could see both styles in those images, and wondered anew if I should convert.
 
AstoriaDave":14jwgp6t said:
Everybody,

Glad you all like them.

Sunbeam,

I suspect they may have some value in evaluating a kayak paddler's stroke for defects, although ordinary video can be used just as well. As a guy who uses a low angle stroke in lieu of the more efficient, more tiring high angle stroke, I could see both styles in those images, and wondered anew if I should convert.
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Dave, I think you answered your own question 8)
From a guy who also uses a low angle stroke. I'm not racing, and its for the enjoyment. "More efficient and more tiring", oxymoronic sounding eh?

Harvey
SleepyC :moon

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hardee":3moragad said:
From a guy who also uses a low angle stroke. I'm not racing, and its for the enjoyment. "More efficient and more tiring", oxymoronic sounding eh?
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I can see thinking it over though, because at some point a "more tiring" but more efficient stroke would become less tiring (because you are doing it less). Probably the balance/crossover point where one makes more sense is different for different people.

Having done most of my kayaking back before digital cameras/easy videos/etc. I am almost afraid to look at my stroke! No, actually it would be very interesting, albeit perhaps with a bit of :smileo mixed in.
 
Well, I am no expert though I did teach ACA canoeing and kayaking for a number of years and did an awful lot of whitewater and sea kayaking, and I learned that the more efficient higher stroke done properly will be less fatiguing in the long run because you will be using larger and stronger back muscles instead of just arms.
Often I would still use a lower less efficient stroke when paddling flat water because it would be less disturbing to the water (and wildlife therein)

What I really liked seeing in those photos where the canoe strokes with the high forward plant and the low smooth removal of the paddle from the water.
 
On the subject of paddling - has anybody used the stealth paddle? I've tried it closing in on a fishing hole but I think the fish still knew I was coming! The Indians used it when entering hostile territory at night. The paddle is turned on the forward stroke and not removed from the water.

Regards, Rob
 
Robert H. Wilkinson":1dmp2dx8 said:
On the subject of paddling - has anybody used the stealth paddle? I've tried it closing in on a fishing hole but I think the fish still knew I was coming! The Indians used it when entering hostile territory at night. The paddle is turned on the forward stroke and not removed from the water.

Regards, Rob
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I've used it when canoeing a long-time ago for the same reasons as you mentioned - e.g. to move quietly into an area of fish. I think it helped to reduce the amount of "spooking" of the fish. It was also a fun way to paddle as it was different than normal.
 
That is really nice. the "stealth paddling" is really a form of "sculling" and he does it in a very fine way.

Thanks for sharing that.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon

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Lost petrel, Sunbeam, and others,

My facetious comment that the more efficient high angle stroke was more tiring is more a reflection of my inadequate conditioning ... high angle paddling demands a greater cadence, and that wears on me.

As others have noted, low angle paddling can be a pretty low keyed, easy going way to get from place to place.

Someone noted the canoe stroke images illustrate plant and extraction dramatically. I agree, it having been a very long time since I have used a canoe paddle.
 
AstoriaDave":23o2re5i said:
My facetious comment that the more efficient high angle stroke was more tiring is more a reflection of my inadequate conditioning ... high angle paddling demands a greater cadence, and that wears on me.
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Understood. Plus individual factors such as old shoulder injury, etc. And sometimes it's just nice to "lounge back" and paddle in any old sloppy/lazy/pleasant way, and just "be out on the water" :D
 
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