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Epicpaddler wrote: Not many k1 paddlers where I race, but I see your point. I would think skis have a bigger advantage running on a K1 wake. We have a lot of OC 1's and OC 2's and they push a pretty big wake. My first time racing in a big pack of mixed craft I hopped on an OC 2 wake and it was a huge advantage. I could paddle at the same speed with about 50% effort.
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200m | K1 | 33.380 | Liam Heath | United Kingdom | 2017 | Plovdiv , Bulgaria | 21.57 km/h |
500m | K1 | 1:35.04 | Tom Liebscher | Germany | 2019 | Szeged , Hungary | 18.94 km/h |
1000m | K1 | 3:21.890 | Max Hoff | Germany | 2015 | Baku , Azerbaijan | 17.83 km/h |
5000m | K1 | 18:00.040 | Eirik Veras Larsen | Norway | 2009 | Poznań , Poland | 16.66 km/h |
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RedBack wrote: MrCharly, - what makes you think a ski is faster than a K1?
Good luck getting any paddler to go faster than these times on a ski.
200m K1 33.380 Liam Heath United Kingdom 2017 Plovdiv , Bulgaria 21.57 km/h 500m K1 1:35.04 Tom Liebscher Germany 2019 Szeged , Hungary 18.94 km/h 1000m K1 3:21.890 Max Hoff Germany 2015 Baku , Azerbaijan 17.83 km/h 5000m K1 18:00.040 Eirik Veras Larsen Norway 2009 Poznań , Poland 16.66 km/h
As for longer distances, - Kenny Wallace used to sit at over 15 km/h for an hour just training in a K1.
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mrcharly wrote: For a similar hull profile, longer boats are faster. Simple physics.
The Channel crossing record is held by a K1 sprinter - but he didn't use a K1 for the Channel record attempt.
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RedBack wrote:
If you plot the resistance of both hulls, - at a moderate cruising speed (say, 12 km/h) they're roughly equal (the ski may even have less resistance at that speed). Step it up to 15 km/h though and the the ski's r-curve becomes much steeper and continues to be so as speeds rise.
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