(PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per jeff potter:
Yeah,
drafting is a big factor I didn't mention---it's probably effectively
lengthening the waterlines of boats.

Does that mean that the draftee gets a boost too?
--
PeteCresswell

Well, probably not. Don't they even say that bike drafting causes the
leader more work? On second thought I suppose that boat drafting just
means that a following boat can simply find a helpful wave. The lead
boat makes a couple wakes (side and stern). A following boat can climb
one of those waves and put part of his boat on its downhill surface and
go a little faster as a result. I suppose that's all it is. Oh well, it
was an idea... JP