Received: from opus.hpl.hp.com (opus-fddi.hpl.hp.com) by jr.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.24/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA188262341; Mon, 11 May 1998 14:32:21 -0700 Return-Path: <jonm@qualix.com-DeleteThis> Received: from hplms26.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.24/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA175512339; Mon, 11 May 1998 14:32:19 -0700 Received: from mom.hooked.net (root@mom.hooked.net-DeleteThis [206.80.6.10]) by hplms26.hpl.hp.com (8.8.6/8.8.6 HPLabs Relay) with ESMTP id OAA17035 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Mon, 11 May 1998 14:32:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jonm.NT ([206.169.1.133] (may be forged)) by mom.hooked.net (8.8.6/8.8.5) with SMTP id OAA14878 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Mon, 11 May 1998 14:29:18 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: <jonm@qualix.com-DeleteThis> From: "Jon Morse" <jonm@qualix.com-DeleteThis> To: <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis> Subject: RE: swim faster than paddle Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 14:30:13 -0700 Message-Id: <008701bd7d23$fbbdf6e0$8501a9ce@jonm.NT-DeleteThis> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-Msmail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980511140132.00795b70@mail.metro.net-DeleteThis>
My bad, you are right, it was actually a 1 mile swim. Mark Spitz I ain't.
Maybe we should have swim v. paddle races in lieu of sailing in this crappy
weather.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis [mailto:wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis]On
> Behalf Of Annie and Chris McNeil
> Sent: Monday, May 11, 1998 2:15 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: RE: swim faster than paddle
>
>
> At 08:59 PM 5/9/98 -0700, you wrote:
>
> >
> >I was once a competitive swimmer and I have done 5 mile swims in lakes in
> >under an hour. If you do the math on the above, I averaged +/- 1 knot/hr
> >paddling and have personally swam +/- 5 mile/hr avg. So I have
> to disagree
> >with the thinking that paddling a surf or sailboard is faster
>
> I did the math and....No one has ever swam a 12 minute mile, even in a
> pool. A 5 mile swim would take conservatively about an hour an a half
> (that's at world class speed).
> chris
>
>
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