Is there any evidence that wing blades improve your speed fo

seatosummit28 · Joined: 17 Aug 2007 Posts: 1

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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Martin.Schoon · Joined: 17 Aug 2007 Posts: 3

seatosummit28@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.

--
Martin Schöön

"Problems worthy of attack
prove their worth by hitting back"
Piet Hein

Walt · Joined: 17 Aug 2007 Posts: 19

seatosummit28@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.

Andy Champ · Joined: 17 Aug 2007 Posts: 89

Schöön Martin wrote:

> seatosummit28@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.
>

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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