Had just a great drift on saterday rained like crazy floated from sultan to monroe bridge,the word for the day was chum. For the most part everything went well, cought fish,got wet. had fun,wanted to go back as soon as the boat was out of the water.but found a few problums,pulling plugs i watch people hold ther boat all most still to work the plug's with little or no efert just slowly oreing and working ther way down the hole,well i can work the plugs but i have to roe like crazyto hold my place, i have 10' ors dont know what im doing wrong im haveing to make 5 stroks to the boat nex to me's 1. Other people's boat look almost like thay will stop in the curent and mine will just blast.(help please tired oreer) On the fun side K13 silver or gold with red was doing the trick.

Thats too funny

I wish I could answer your questions but I am an extreme banky.Your story definately tickled my funny bone.

I am glad you had fun and lots of safe boating to ya

What kind of boat do your have? That will usually make a big difference when pulling plugs.

FK2, there are all kinds of verables,

1. what kind of boat do you have and is the bottom in good shape?

2. what kind of oars do you have?

3. are your seats adjustable..ie pasanger seat and rowers seat? You my have to play around with the balance of the boat. Even where you have all your gear to. (front to back)

It takes a few trips down the river to figure out how to pull plugs, just take notes as to were other guys are set up in a particular hole and next time you come down set up like they were. Set up is the most important part, 10 feet in either directoin when pulling plugs and you might have to work your butt off to keep the boat in the sweet spot!
Hope this helps.

How many guys and how much gear and beer in the boat will also make a difference on how well the boat slides too.

But seriously, if you are new to a driftboat and all things are equal, such as your boat, load and weight distribution, you will naturally tend to overrow anyway. Time and experience will significantly improve efficiency. There are of course some tricks to conserving energy and knowing your boat well enough to save some strokes but these produce relatively minor changes. The boat and how it rides makes the biggest difference and there is little you can do about that.

You have to make sure you dont dip your oars too deep. Dipping deep creates drag and actually helps pull the boat down the river faster. Just fan the surface real shallow and your world will be a much better place and your arms wont get near as tired.