Originally Posted by
wanders
Submerse the canoes and answer changes.
Why would you say that? In the stratified fluid case, the air can be treated as inviscid. Or are you thinking about problems from breathing underwater?
Alright, simply; moving at the speed of surrounding fluid, no wake; moving faster than surrounding fluid, trailing wake; moving slower than surrounding fluid, leading wake. It is exceedingly rare for a cyclist to be moving slower than the local (1-2 m above ground level) wind. It's happened to me exactly twice in twenty-five years of riding.