>As to the effects of different boats on group paddles, I have seen this >also. However, I do not think length of boat is that important unless the >paddlers in the larger boats are really steaming along. What is "Really Steaming along?" What I'm really asking is what is average _cruising_ speed for most of you? I have clocked myself on my GPS many times and when I am paddling along at a comfortable pace I am usually doing about 3-3.5 mph. Is this slow, average, fast, or what? For me the fastest I can make my Tupperware SOT go is about 4-4.5 mph for a couple of minutes at a time. Lazy slow paddling with lots of looking around is about 2-2.5 mph. How does this compare? (For information, I'm paddling a Cobra Tourer which is 15 ft. long and 28" wide.) Fair winds and happy bytes, ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Flory, San Jose, CA. daflory_at_pacbell.net Go Sea Kayaking!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dictated on a Mac G4 Cube using MacSpeech iListen v.1.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Dec 01 2000 - 23:34:46 PST
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