Re: Take two scullers

"Zak Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> "PaulS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > speed coach to give objective feedback while practicing, all the
> > better.  Each should be feeling as if rowing a nice 1x alone, anything
> > outside that needs work on timing, if they are aware of the other
> > person it is only because there is some fighting going on for the
> > movement of the boat.
> >
> > - Paul Smith
> 
> I have to disagree on that comment regarding a double feeling like a single.
> Now I'm still not great in a single (I'm learning though), but I did spend a
> few years racing a reasonably quick double, and there is simply no
> comparison. I'm not just talking in terms of speed, but indeed the very way
> you row the two boats is completely different.
> 
> In fact, I would say that when your timing in the double is out, it feels a
> lot more like a single.

Really?  Please elaborate on how you would row them differently. 
Assuming you mean that "properly rowed", it will be different.

- Paul Smith