Lord Nerd on High wrote in
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Just wondering what the average distance one could kayak in day,
or rather eight hour period? Nothing too intense and under normal
weather conditions. With hiking it's about 10 miles, biking is
about 40 miles. Is kayaking somewhere in between?


Using a GPS to five us an indication of speed, two of us measured our
average speed over a 30 minute stretch of "lazy" paddling on
fla****er (no noticable wind or current). We were sitting at a steady
6-odd kph (roughly 3.6 mph). It didn't take much effort to boost that
speed up to 7 or 8 kph (4.5 - 5 mph).

You will want to factor in pee breaks, lunch, and (depending on how
comfortable your seats are) rest breaks. I'd guess that 30 miles
would take anywhere from 8 hours to longer. A full day.

HTH,
--
Darryl