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Originally Posted by Evenstar
For instance, a boat traveling at 50 mph uses (or covers) 10 times more of the lake than I do in my kayak at 5 mph – during the same time period that we are both on the lake. So the faster that a boat is traveling, the more likely it is that I will encounter that boat on the lake – the percentages increase directly as the speed increases. The lake is roughly 20 miles long, so if I paddle from one end to the other it will take me about 4 hours. In that 4 hours a boat that is covering the same 20 mile stretch of lake at 50 mph will pass me 10 times.
This represents 10 high-speed encounters in just a 4-hour period of time, with just 2 boats on the lake (who happen to be using the same 20 mile stretch of the lake). Those 11 weeks equal 770 daylight hours. Therefore my chances of encounter a high-speed boat are considerable – which is what my actual experience paddling on the lake has been.
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If you are going 5 MPH and the motor boat is going 50 MPH, it's only going to pass you once as you both go from one end of the lake to the other. If the motor boat is going 30MPH, or 130 MPH, it still only passes you once. The speed of the boat does not change the number of times you'll encounter it.