Hydrodynamic characteristics of sea kayak traditional paddles ...

• Main Author: Hémon, Pascal
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: arXiv 2023
• Subjects: Fluid Dynamics physics.flu-dyn; FOS Physical sciences; Arctic; Greenland; Kayak; Aleutian Islands
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2312.08035; https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.08035

We present a study of the hydrodynamic characteristics of sea kayak paddles without taking into account the kayaker. We focus on traditional paddles used in the Arctic, one from Greenland and one from the Aleutian Islands. A basic modern European paddle is included in the study for comparison. First...