>>2790227The tide in this area is wicked. It is necessary to time your trips to ride the incoming or outgoing tide to where you want to go.
>>2778728>>2779085He's right, though. Choppy, fast, "off-road" water? Kayaks are better. Flat, steady "on-road" water? Canoes beat them every day.
>>2774108Headwind is a bitch. Tailwind is awesome. Some Aleut kayaks, or Baidarkas, have wide sterns to catch the wave energy from a tailing sea.