Re: loophole

On 13 Feb, 12:51, Carl Douglas <c...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Susan Walker wrote:
Mike Sullivan wrote:
I ask them to demonstrate 'hold water' and tell them I
buy them dinner if they do it correctly.

And now it's our turn to come out and tell you what we think is the
correct way? I know 3 different ways and each has its own purpose:
1. hold at angle from flat to square and push ever deeper - for easy,
straight stops;
2. knife the blade flat into the water with its top edge and play very
carefully with a slight down angle - ideal for steering while stopping;
3. backwards squared, plunge it in and hang on for dear life - emergency
only (will probably lead to emergency anyway).

Ewoud, you are very wrong in your description of method 3.

The blade should not & does not "plunge".  You do not have to "hang on
for dear life".  There is not the slightest difficulty in controlling
either the depth of immersion or the speed with which you stop.

Reverse feathering a few degrees is fine. Backwards squared is fine
_if_ you are under control (and not from race pace in an eight at all
unless you are a gorilla). It does involve some fairly significant
forces, which granted do not make the blade dive for the bottom of the
river, but if you fail to hold onto your blade handle (or if your
footplate attachments are not as good as they should be) tend to have
adverse consequences on any or all of ribs, presence in boat,
straightness of backstay, one-piecedness of gate, non-snappedness of
oarshaft and right-way-upness of boat. It is particularly noticeable
if you have been taught to emergency-stop this way and you are
unfortunate enough to be rowing with seven other people who all prefer
the gentler versions (reverse feather or even forwards-feather and
push).

Pete
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