gyork Posted March 22, 2018 Posted March 22, 2018 I suspect your definition of sea-safari differs radically from that of Aleksander Doba, a 71-year-old casual kayaker? https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/22/magazine/voyages-kayaking-across-ocean-at-70.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news Quote
prudenceb Posted March 22, 2018 Posted March 22, 2018 I read it in NYTimes this morning. Pretty amazing/crazy. I am always fascinated by these kinds of stories, but despite my professional background have struggled to understand what drives these people. Fair to say, I would never bd moved to give it a go. Quote
Alex Debski Posted March 27, 2018 Posted March 27, 2018 "Kayaking is an absurd form of long-distance ocean travel. All the big muscles in the body are useless." Someone didn't learn about torso rotation. When it really counts!!! Quote
leong Posted March 30, 2018 Posted March 30, 2018 On 3/27/2018 at 5:36 PM, Alex Debski said: "Kayaking is an absurd form of long-distance ocean travel. All the big muscles in the body are useless." Someone didn't learn about torso rotation. When it really counts!!! Even arm paddling uses fairly big muscles; i.e. shoulders, biceps and triceps. I think he means paddling is not a high force exercise like in weight lifting . Of course paddling faster increases the force exerted, but you eventually reach your maximum available horsepower (since power equals force times speed). The drag force increases exponentially at or above hull speed. Even a world class sprinter putting out his maximum of 300 watts of power to go at 13 knots is exerting a force of under 16 pounds. Quote
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