Yeah, all boats slap. Maybe you're just not paddling close enough to the others to notice it happening with their boats. m

I have noticed that boats with flatter surfaces up front [Hard chinned [digital boats] slap when paddled into a chop . Laughing loons Baidarka's don't.I mean almost completely none,never.When it does I freak out! with a "what was that?"
I know this for a fact.I can and do creep up on anyone,thing from behind with out any sound,just like they were designed to do I suspect.
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