"Allan Bennett" wrote in message
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In article , riverman
wrote:

blade at all times. If all you are interested in is the resultant
force,
put a potentiometer on the bow and brace it against a wall.

Unfortunately, like all the suggestions about tethering the boat,
this idea
misses the point by a mile: Kieran wants to measure the forces
during a
paddling stroke - paddling against a resistance is just not the
same.

Evidently I've gone and bought myself a bad boat. It resists
movement. However, this is probably not as bad as it sounds. It
turns out that we also have peculiar water in my neighborhood......it
resists the motion of my paddle.

Wolfgang
who, apparently, is no physicist.