Are skegs cheating?? Maybe someting easily deployed with a heel or something, for all out dashes, then retracted when manuverability are required.

Ken

: Look for any references you can get to "Squirt boats" particularly
: in regard to their design and use. Several people on this forum are
: designing and building such boats, or building them from someone else's
: molds or designs.

: With water polo (for swimmers) you can move in three dimensions. With kayaks,
: A short, low displacement kayak that can dive under the water and then pop
: back to the surface would have an advantage over other kayaks which are
: tied to the surface due to their bouyancy, and restricted in their turning
: ability by their length.

: You might consider a saucer shape for mobility in all directions, and then
: elongate it a bit to give some additional speed, and better tracking, to
: forward motion.

: PGJ