Since my first few training sessions with Kelly and the gang , ive been amazed at the reduction in effort when you draft and have found the square tail boards are much easier to draft behind than those with narrow tails.Does this mean for flat water that narrow pin tails are faster because they have less wake? Is drafting much harder in the ocean? i think the reduction in paddling effort is huge , its good fun too , that is untill its your turn to lead

i reckon its anywhere from 30 to 50% less when your drafting

the idea is to put a neat little ding in the back of their board

the trick is not to damage your board doing it
cheers

the only way i could get through mountain biking races was to draft for as long as i could...made it heaps easier until they pulled away , they bloody always pulled away

It only makes sense to draft. Kayakers do it, particularly with distance events. From a hydrodynamic perspective, a square tail (while increasing stability) is going to impart greater vortices and therefore greater drag.

Drafting..... un-Australian!