06-11-2009, 03:49 AM
Thanks for the concern mojorizing.
I realize that FG's pic is of how not to do it and, like Pon said, I definately wouldn't be doing it regularly... I'll probably just try it out one in some shallow water just to see how it'd be to sit lower... I realize that "the frame is built by the factory that way for a specific purpose" likely, like you said, to optimize "less is more." However, when they build these things I'm pretty sure they build them for the AVERAGE user, and thus they are not optimized for everyone... Maybe my legs are shorter than average and that, combined with my relatively light body weight, has my fins closer to the surface than the average person's would be.
All I know is I'm pretty sure that I could get better propulsion if I was sitting lower to the water (despite more of my lower leg being in the water and providing resistance). The reason for this is because I would be able to "kick" for longer, thus doing more work per kick. Right now my fins break the water pretty early so I can't move across the water as fast as I could be moving, and I'm probably not enjoying myself as much as I could be if I was utilizing a larger range of motion.
As far as the splash, it's definately not the end of the world, it's just if I had the option of no splash I would definately take it. There's nothing that ruins a quiet evening on the lake like the sloshing of flippers (i.m.o.) and, at the height I'm sitting at right now, I basically have to make "mini kicks" (literally only move my lower legs back and forth a couple inches) in order not to break the water on a still lake. Yeah, I could get used to it, but I'd rather not be uncomfortable if I don't have to be.
I'm pretty sure I was "scooping" the water when I went out ("bringing my legs back one at a time and scooping away from me" (kicking/pushing the water forward))... I didn't envision there was any other way to go about it, until FG suggested the "lifting" technique.
I don't have the oar mounts/foot rests, but I might buy them down the road... I don't forsee myself fishing anything larger than the lake in those pics (fairly small) so I don't know if I'll ever need them, but the last time I was out there mid-day, when the wind was blowing, it definately would've been nice to have those things :p
Thanks again,
Rob
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I realize that FG's pic is of how not to do it and, like Pon said, I definately wouldn't be doing it regularly... I'll probably just try it out one in some shallow water just to see how it'd be to sit lower... I realize that "the frame is built by the factory that way for a specific purpose" likely, like you said, to optimize "less is more." However, when they build these things I'm pretty sure they build them for the AVERAGE user, and thus they are not optimized for everyone... Maybe my legs are shorter than average and that, combined with my relatively light body weight, has my fins closer to the surface than the average person's would be.
All I know is I'm pretty sure that I could get better propulsion if I was sitting lower to the water (despite more of my lower leg being in the water and providing resistance). The reason for this is because I would be able to "kick" for longer, thus doing more work per kick. Right now my fins break the water pretty early so I can't move across the water as fast as I could be moving, and I'm probably not enjoying myself as much as I could be if I was utilizing a larger range of motion.
As far as the splash, it's definately not the end of the world, it's just if I had the option of no splash I would definately take it. There's nothing that ruins a quiet evening on the lake like the sloshing of flippers (i.m.o.) and, at the height I'm sitting at right now, I basically have to make "mini kicks" (literally only move my lower legs back and forth a couple inches) in order not to break the water on a still lake. Yeah, I could get used to it, but I'd rather not be uncomfortable if I don't have to be.
I'm pretty sure I was "scooping" the water when I went out ("bringing my legs back one at a time and scooping away from me" (kicking/pushing the water forward))... I didn't envision there was any other way to go about it, until FG suggested the "lifting" technique.
I don't have the oar mounts/foot rests, but I might buy them down the road... I don't forsee myself fishing anything larger than the lake in those pics (fairly small) so I don't know if I'll ever need them, but the last time I was out there mid-day, when the wind was blowing, it definately would've been nice to have those things :p
Thanks again,
Rob
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