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Re: length vs speed.
By:Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks
Date: 5/7/2016, 10:17 pm
In Response To: Re: length vs speed. (Alex Ferguson)

It was so easy to pull away from him.

Short kayaks will have a quite perceptible "wall" above which it is very hard to go faster. I can paddle circles around 18' kayaks while paddling my 14' kayak if the group is going at cruising speed. When I'm with the same 18' kayaks with strong paddlers who are hammering to get someplace, my same kayak will have me dropping behind.

If you were in a drag race, you were in the perfect condition to find the speed advantage of length. The paddles are a red herring.

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Alex Ferguson -- 5/7/2016, 5:52 am
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Etienne Muller -- 5/7/2016, 11:15 am
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Etienne Muller -- 5/7/2016, 11:59 am
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Alex Ferguson -- 5/7/2016, 6:58 pm
Re: length vs speed.
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 5/7/2016, 8:32 pm
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anewhouse -- 5/7/2016, 9:24 pm
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Alex Ferguson -- 5/7/2016, 9:36 pm
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anewhouse -- 5/7/2016, 9:52 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 5/7/2016, 10:17 pm
Re: length vs speed.
Etienne Muller -- 5/8/2016, 4:16 am
Re: length vs speed.
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 5/8/2016, 10:51 am
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Etienne Muller -- 5/8/2016, 11:59 am
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Etienne Muller -- 5/8/2016, 12:16 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 5/8/2016, 3:00 pm
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Alex Ferguson -- 5/10/2016, 3:35 am
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Etienne Muller -- 5/10/2016, 5:25 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 5/10/2016, 10:37 am
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Etienne Muller -- 5/10/2016, 4:46 am
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Alex Ferguson -- 5/10/2016, 5:51 am
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Bill Hamm -- 5/10/2016, 6:46 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 5/10/2016, 11:22 am
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Alex Ferguson -- 5/10/2016, 9:09 pm
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Alex Ferguson -- 5/10/2016, 9:33 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 5/11/2016, 9:07 am
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Alex Ferguson -- 5/11/2016, 6:28 pm
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Paul D -- 5/11/2016, 11:43 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 5/11/2016, 12:50 am
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Alex Ferguson -- 5/11/2016, 1:01 am
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