Many don't use baffles...sometimes I don't.
Tim I belive ya saw the video...the rough part is where the two chanels come together, and sometimes that's not bad at all. If by a small chance the water may be chopy and that could happen anywhere...we will be going over to one of the many beach'd coves. The sand bar is a really cool place to be just before the sun goes down. And if we hit it a low tide it will even be better...come to think of it I'll check my tide chart tomorrow and then post how the water will be.