I prefaced my comment with "as a general rule" because I know somebody would pop up and say there is a boat that can outfox the laws of hydrodynamics. I don't know and from the other comments made here no one else seems to know if such a boat exists, either.
From my very limited experience there is no world-beater short sea kayak. When the testers at Canoe & Kayak do their boat tests the longer boat always, always, alway shows it's heels to, and has more glide than the shorter ones.
The Wood Duck is a new hull and seems to be getting a solid reception. I interpret that to mean it fits the paddling requirements of a lot of people not that it has conquered the limitations of waterline length and wetted area.

: All short boats are not created equal - glide, tracking and touring speed are
: not controlled by length necessarily. Theoretical hull speed is, not that
: most people get close to that speed - however, I think this issue has been
: beaten to death by others. A well-designed short boat can have great glide
: and tracking - paddle my SC-1 or a Mariner Coaster sometime and you may
: become a believer. The CLC Wood Ducks look like they might be nice
: paddlers as well.