Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 10:34 pm
>Bum rudder
The bow rudder is now becoming a misnomer, as people have finally noticed that the boat turns faster if the blade is near the centre of the boat. I am quite sure that the top paddlers have been doing this for a long time, but club coaches have always insisted on teaching a bow rudder at the front of the boat. There was some talk last year of calling it a pivot turn, but tradition dies hard and the bow rudder lives on, in name if nothing else.
The bow rudder is now becoming a misnomer, as people have finally noticed that the boat turns faster if the blade is near the centre of the boat. I am quite sure that the top paddlers have been doing this for a long time, but club coaches have always insisted on teaching a bow rudder at the front of the boat. There was some talk last year of calling it a pivot turn, but tradition dies hard and the bow rudder lives on, in name if nothing else.