Interesting reading... But, a lot of talk and very few tests. So many people have bidarkas, that IMO if these craft could plane in the true sense of the word and travel at 8 knots under human power alone (for any amount of time exceeding a short 30 seconds sprint), I think we would have heard about it.

: I remember reading about baidarka sterns somewhere... I think it
: was it here:
: http://books.google.com/books?id=oGFHP-79tnQC&pg=PA14&lpg=PA14&dq=baidarka+stern+wake&source=bl&ots=2OIpGrp4dl&sig=oxJVayNqHj2Um9_OmAnno8je4js&hl=en&ei=_CuiTfXAIYHegQe0sKHkBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=baidarka%20stern%20wake&f=false

: Might that answer your question?