>> The typical wake of a kayak is pretty small. Probably small enough to travel pretty easily in 1 foot of water. If the water was just being pushed to the side, not much would change in shallow water, but because the water must find a fast way to get out of the way, shallow water slows you down. Nick >> I have experienced severe drag in a Perception Sea Lion in one foot of water. I haven't noticed it in my Romany, but that might be because I haven't paddled it in similar water. Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Thu Aug 21 2025 - 16:32:59 PDT