Just for fun

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I created little dictionary about speeds and paddling technigues.


The speed chart.


 


Slog………..any speed below 7 km/h - usually style of a gazing tourist avoided at all cost by performance paddler.


 


Mach1 ……...standard cruising speed between 7 and 8 km/h - recomended to maintain at all cost.


 


Mach2 ……...higher cruising speed between 8 and 9 km/h - the macho speed I think I am going to maintain all the time however the gps watch has different opinion it reminds me that I belong to mach1 category.


 


Mach3……...10 to 13 km possible only with assistance of wind and waves. It is the grin factor speed.


 


Supersonic …..anything above 13 km/h -  it is the OH YESSSS I do not care which direction I am going speed. Unfortunate side effect of experiencing supersonic is that everything else becames slog for period of time.




 


Paddling styles


 


Benny Hill……... .position where I have stretched feet and rest my back on the rear cockpit rim with my buttocks having minimal contact with the seat - extremely inefficient but equivalent of a break on beach with the advantage of covering some distance while buttock is resting.




The glider…….  with focus on extreme efficiency maximum grip on the water even pull and using as little energy and minimum strokes as possible to maintain mach1. Lifting water at the exit phase is unaxeptable.




The punch stroke …. Grip on the paddle just shoulder width and  just 80 percent of the blade being submerged. Quality of stroke is replaced with quantity. The cadence is about 72 strokes per minute, easy maintaned mach1 with excellent worm up for upper body specially shoulders, very energy efficient fitness stroke leading to the paddlers high. The stroke is equivalent of cycling in low gear.






And The king of the strokes




The PUSH stroke ……… proper marathon executed technique where I am not pulling the paddle through the water but pushing. It is difficult to get right but the most efficient of them all. The push stroke can be either the glider or the beast.




The Beast stroke …. Simply push stroke at maximum effort.


The dream …….became  beast glider travelling at supersonic speed .


 


 


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