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A friend of mine is an experienced sailor and kayak driver. As he put it: A bad current moves several tons of water per minute. That small wave has more weight
by tetha 8y ago
A friend of mine is an experienced sailor and kayak driver. As he put it: A bad current moves several tons of water per minute. That small wave has more weight than you do, even on a small space. Doesn't matter if you're 300 pound muscle or 400 pound fat, you go where the current goes.
- yesenadam 8y agoSurely what matters is whether you can swim faster than the current, not the weight or otherwise of anything.
- abraae 8y agoNot just faster, but significantly faster. If the current is 3 mph, and you can swim at 4 mph, then you will be swimming for a very long time at the effective 1 mph to get back to shore. And if on the way you need to stop for even a minute's rest, you'll lose 4 minutes worth of your hard-won progress.