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Re: DISTANCE TO PADDLE
Posted By: Shawn Baker In Response To: DISTANCE TO PADDLE (BERT)
Date: Tuesday, 24 October 2000, at 1:14 p.m.
Read David Burch's "Fundamentals of Kayak Navigation". It's definitely the best book out there on the subject of trip planning.
You've already heard a lot of good advice from the other folks, so I won't reiterate that. 3 knots if you've got a good group. If you have stragglers, get used to a slower pace, or don't invite them next time. It may sound brutal, but you can't safely plan to paddle faster than they will actually paddle. They're best left at home if stricter schedules are to be met.
That said, the best schedules have plenty of contingency time to cope with the unknown variables that inevitably pop up.
Shawn
: 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
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