David Seng wrote: > I agree that towing the kayaks would make sense behind a relatively slow > sailboat, but have my doubts about how well they would tow behind a > skiff traveling 20-30 mph. Just don't think that even lashed together > that they would travel very well - kayaks just aren't designed with > these types of speeds in mind... Kayaks are displacement hulls. Above hull speed (which is something like an average of 1.5x sqrt(waterline length in feet)) they have to plane, and kayak hulls are very unstable planing- they'll tumble and spin. But a 16' yak should be good for around 6 knots- same as when paddling. ---------------------------------------------------------- Michael Edelman http://www.mich.com/~mje Telescope guide: http://www.mich.com/~mje/scope.html Folding Kayaks: http://www.mich.com/~mje/kayak.html Airguns: http://www.mich.com/~mje/airguns.html *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Mar 10 1998 - 10:26:05 PST
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