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Re: DISTANCE TO PADDLE

Posted By: Ray
Date: Monday, 23 October 2000, at 4:52 p.m.

In Response To: DISTANCE TO PADDLE (BERT)

: Recently I have been involved in planning and organizing trips for small
: groups of sea kayakers and have never given much thought to how fast I can
: go.I'm not a numbers freak and I paddle for other reasons,when I get there
: I get there and thats OK.When your planning for a group these calculations
: take on importance.
: Does anybody have an idea how fast sea kayaks go.I'm not talking about
: olympic class paddlers on surf skiis just intermediate to experienced
: paddlers in medium
: and high performance sea kayaks in calm conditions (I can factor in wind and
: current penalties).Anybody have a idea in miles per hour? I'm Canadian but
: still don't know what a kilometre looks like.
: Thanks Bert

Three miles in one hour is a recommended group trip planning guideline I've seen ("Performance Sea Kayaking" video ).

I've done four miles in 45 minutes but that was solo, and downwind. I was also pretty tired, and would not keep that pace for a longer trip. I consider myself fairly fit.

Adverse winds, keeping groups together, navigating, etc. all take up more time than one would think, in my experience. I've used the three miles rule and its been reasonably accurate for small groups ( of two or three) over a four to five hour day, perhaps a bit on the high side.

Ray.

Messages In This Thread

DISTANCE TO PADDLE
BERT -- Monday, 23 October 2000, at 1:29 p.m.

Re: DISTANCE TO PADDLE
Ray -- Monday, 23 October 2000, at 4:52 p.m.

Re: DISTANCE TO PADDLE
The Big Legume -- Monday, 23 October 2000, at 8:29 p.m.

Re: DISTANCE TO PADDLE
M. Hamilton -- Monday, 23 October 2000, at 11:22 p.m.

Re: DISTANCE TO PADDLE
David -- Tuesday, 24 October 2000, at 10:29 a.m.

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Ross Leidy -- Tuesday, 24 October 2000, at 11:16 a.m.

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Bill Bradshaw -- Thursday, 26 October 2000, at 4:04 p.m.

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M. Hamilton -- Thursday, 26 October 2000, at 6:31 p.m.

Re: DISTANCE TO PADDLE
Bill Bradshaw -- Thursday, 26 October 2000, at 11:31 p.m.

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Ian Johnston -- Saturday, 28 October 2000, at 7:15 p.m.

Re: DISTANCE TO PADDLE
M. Hamilton -- Tuesday, 24 October 2000, at 12:07 p.m.

knots per hour
Ed K. -- Tuesday, 24 October 2000, at 1:16 p.m.

Re: knots per hour
Jed -- Tuesday, 24 October 2000, at 2:00 p.m.

Re: knots per hour
Ross Leidy -- Tuesday, 24 October 2000, at 3:03 p.m.

Re: knots per hour
M. Hamilton -- Tuesday, 24 October 2000, at 3:54 p.m.

Tested my speed today
Ted -- Tuesday, 24 October 2000, at 4:48 p.m.

Re: Tested my speed today
Shawn Baker -- Tuesday, 24 October 2000, at 5:04 p.m.

Re: DISTANCE TO PADDLE
Shawn Baker -- Tuesday, 24 October 2000, at 1:14 p.m.

Re: DISTANCE TO PADDLE
Tim Smith -- Tuesday, 24 October 2000, at 2:49 p.m.

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David -- Tuesday, 24 October 2000, at 4:59 p.m.

Re: DISTANCE TO PADDLE
Lee -- Tuesday, 24 October 2000, at 7:03 p.m.

Re: DISTANCE TO PADDLE
Tim Smith -- Tuesday, 24 October 2000, at 10:38 p.m.

Re: DISTANCE TO PADDLE
Tim Smith -- Wednesday, 25 October 2000, at 12:29 a.m.

Re: DISTANCE TO PADDLE
David -- Wednesday, 25 October 2000, at 1:49 a.m.

Re: question
Lee -- Wednesday, 25 October 2000, at 1:49 a.m.

Re: question
David -- Wednesday, 25 October 2000, at 11:47 a.m.

Re: DISTANCE TO PADDLE
Shawn Baker -- Tuesday, 24 October 2000, at 5:11 p.m.

Re: DISTANCE TO PADDLE
dave mcadoo -- Tuesday, 24 October 2000, at 5:46 p.m.

Re: DISTANCE TO PADDLE
BERT -- Tuesday, 24 October 2000, at 6:07 p.m.

Re: DISTANCE TO PADDLE
Tom Joyce -- Tuesday, 24 October 2000, at 9:34 p.m.

Re: DISTANCE TO PADDLE
Tom Dowling -- Wednesday, 25 October 2000, at 12:47 a.m.

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