Paddle sensor · demo units spring 2027
Feel the workout. Don't read it.
Stay in the zone without looking.
Piece length
Time or distance
Stroke rate
Its band
Heart rate
Its zone
Pace
Its target
Choose which ones it cues
- 10 seconds to go
- Go
- On target
- Too low: pick it up
- Too high: ease off
- Piece done
How Locus One compares.
| Locus One | GPS sport watch | Boat speed coach | In-shaft power meter | Clip-on paddle sensor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price (CAD) | From $500 | From $299 | About $680 | About $1,175 | $295 to $650 |
| Sits on | The paddle shaft | Wrist, or the boat | The deck | Inside the shaft | The paddle shaft |
| GPS | 10 a second | 1 a second at most | 5 to 10 a second | From the watch | From a watch or phone |
| Stroke dynamics | Catch angle, catch and exit timing | Rate only | Rate and distance per stroke | Power, force and left-right balance | Rate on the cheapest units; force and power on the pricier ones |
| Crew sync | Stroke timing across the crew | Not stated | |||
| Speed through the water | Add-on, no wires | Wired impeller | |||
| Wind on the boat | Add-on, testing | ||||
| Force at the paddle | Experimental | Some models, with a watch and a subscription | |||
| During a piece | Taps through the shaft | Screen, beeps, buzzes | Screen | On the watch | On a watch or phone |
| Auto sync and platform | Auto sync to Locus Fit | Auto sync to the maker's app | The maker's logbook app | Through the watch's app | The watch's or the maker's app |
| Subscription | None | None needed | Coach plan, about $14 a month | None | Some: about $160 a year |
Market: makers' specs and Canadian prices, Oct 2026 · Locus One: design targets
Ten points a second. Every stroke gets its own speed.
stroke 1stroke 2stroke 3stroke 4stroke 5stroke 6
Watch, smart recordinga point every 4 s or more
Watch, every second1 point a second
Locus One10 points a second
- Distance per stroke
- Starts, stroke by stroke
- Glide tests that calibrate drag
Over half the watch sessions on our platform: a point every 4 s or slower
Add-on · in development
Speed through the water.
41 mm
long, 13 mm wide
13.5 mm
below the hull
1.2 g
bonded on, no holes, no wires
≈ 0.1 s
over 1,000 m at K1 race pace
CFD estimate, previous design
Locus One prop
- Read through the hull by the pod
- Used with GPS, so the current shows
The market's impeller
- Wired to its display
- Used instead of GPS, not with it
Training only: racing rules allow no moving parts on the boat
Testing
The wind the boat paddled in.
We're testing a Calypso anemometer on the boat against local wind data.
Together, that's watts.
Watts
=Water dragEach boat's drag curve, from glide testsIn development
+Air dragThe wind on the boatTesting
Speed through the water10 Hz GPS, with the current from the prop taken outIn development
Boat power, calibrated per boat
A set on the dock, not a gadget per athlete.
Talk to usDemo units coming spring 2027.
Tester applications are open.