On 15-Jun-2005, "donquijote1954" wrote:

They got similar overhang, but another question that intrigues me is
how the depth of the V affects speed, ie. how a recreational boat would
be slower than a touring boat of the same lenght. I read, for example,
that the Old Town T-160 is "slow" at 16' because of a shallow V bottom.

Again, this can't be known based solely on a vague description of one
property. As far as a shallow V bottom making a kayak slow - one of the
sea kayaks with the least resistance (Superior Kayaks Hawk) has a shallow
V hull and hard chines - both of which are claimed by various people to
make kayaks slow.

Mike