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To: Condor who wrote (855)	12/1/2002 6:21:15 PM
From: E. Charters	Respond to of 1293

My dad and I used to tell Roy that his canoe was no good for paddling all the time. He agreed with us. He told me that is was meant for maximum safety, no tip, no sink, and carry a lot of weight,and it was meant for hunters who wanted to carry game and hunt in swamps and carry the canoe too. It was also meant not to paddle a distance but to be used with a motor. That is what he said. And in that limited context it makes some sense. But with a little better shape and some of the features you could do a lto better. My dad did a lot of racing and was known for canoe knowledge. His stroke style was copied by the Russian sports federation in 1936 for racing as he went to the Berlin Olympics then and the Russians felt the CDN's had the best style. They did cine reels for 16 hours of the CDN team practicing. To this day the Russians paddle with the same exact style as I learned off my dad. And they win too BTW. The CDNs now use some fruity box stroke style that is not figured out well. It loses by virtue its kinesiology and leverage factors being all wrong. Because of the use of the weight of the body on a long stroke, a long leaning stroke has more force and more rest. Beacuse of the natural strenth of the back in straightening and twisting, and the strength of the latissimus dorsi and the thigh muscles, there is also great force to pulling the paddle back a good distance behind the hip and up as the body straightens. There is terrific leverage here. So a long leaning reaching stroke with a long pull back as the back straightens and a powerful pull past the hip as the shoulders twist will double or triple the stroke strength for the amount of effort expended, over a straight short pull with the arms. I will guarantee you that if we face each other in a canoe and try to outstroke one the other, I will paddle you backwards at about 3 MPH with this technique. The shoulder twist is also the secret of why James Corbett and Bob Fitzimmons were able to punch harder than any other boxers despite the fact that they weighed 168 and 157 pounds respectively. This is also the secret of the moving seat in rowing, it uses the legs and the long stroke to get more force. This is why the Greeks beats the Persians at Salamis. Sliding rowing seats. The paddle pull back should be feathered as it allows least wind resistance and the most rest. The Russians copied all the American track and field styles too from the 1920's as the US excelled at that time. I believe he consulted on the design of the Coleman canoe as I remember representatives talking to him and he was paddling a demo model at that time. The Coleman is not bad, but it leans too much single paddles and is too fragile. The Wolverine people got it right. Their design does not look radical but it is different subtly and has good all around characteristics. The proper paddling stroke is to lean the body as far forward as possible and place the paddle at about a 45 degree angle forwards. reaching extremely with the arms out straight. Lean heavily forwards and down on the paddle and straight-arm the top hand, pulling back on the bottom hand, which should be almost in the water, and straighten the paddle upright as you lean into it. Twist the shoulders towards the gunnel and pull back slightly with the arms to the hip. As you straighten up your back, the paddle pulls back with you, angling the paddle now forwards in a rotation throught the bottom hand. The top arm at this point can be slightly bent. Pull through past the hip and push down and lift up with the arms and twist, pushing down with the top hand as the paddle goes behind you. You shold see two curls of water backwards at the blade on every stroke, meaning that you are pulling more water than is passing the canoe with its forward motion. If your hands are widely spaced on the paddle the leverage on the blade is maximized and felt effort is least. This means that rotation of the blade around the bottom hand as fulcrum is paramount. The back muscles afford the most strength here and the arms are not used to that great extent. The lean and straighten of the back is the same as the rowing stroke. The twist of the shoulders and lift and pull through the hips is the same as a boxer's overhand straight punch. The twist of the shaft should be enough to break a paddle if you are not careful. EC<:-}