Paddling slower, Going faster

[ukgm]

I have tried to keep track of the stroke rate vs. Distance Per Stroke and the theoretical speed depending on paddle size and board.
It is not Gospel as this is not measurement on a flat reservoir protected from the wind a la UGKM but subject to all kind of conditions with the exception of down-winding.

Interesting. Lots to think about here. Thanks for sharing this.

I would gladly send you the Excel file with the data if of any help of interest.

The near inverse relationship between stroke rate and stroke length is interesting. The key thing is to do a few multiple runs so the level of any error of your testing process can be determined (otherwise the error may be too great to be able to take the results as they are or that you'll find that it shows that one is statistically significant from the others).

This all said, the more we can see of this sort of testing, the better.

[Luc Benac]

The near inverse relationship between stroke rate and stroke length is interesting. The key thing is to do a few multiple runs so the level of any error of your testing process can be determined (otherwise the error may be too great to be able to take the results as they are or that you'll find that it shows that one is statistically significant from the others).

This is not really any form of testing but just data for my week-end paddles from May 2017 to now but limited to the three boards I am still using.
As I said, this is all kind of conditions, wind, tides, chop and so on just to give me an overall pictures in the conditions I paddle in.
In that sense, it is somewhat the opposite of your scientific testing in a controlled environment.

So for example, the stroke/dps data seems to mesh with the results I get paddling in open water:
* the Ace-GT with the Black Project Hydro 83 (84.5 sqi) - balance between stroke rate and dps and 
* the Vapor with the Black Project Hydro 78 (76.5 sqi) - easier to flick the paddle back to the catch and maintain some momentum.
I am sure that there are plenty of outliers with days and conditions where using the Mana 90 might be as effective and I most certainly like to use the Mana 82 for down-winding the Vapor but it kind of give me the overall picture compared over time.