If you are just floating along, you will be drawn towards them. However the strength of the current goes up geopmetrically as you approach the tiers. So if you try and split the difference between two it really only takes one person leasurely paddling to keep you away if you start soon enough.
The two times I've hit- the first I was alone and hit square on. I hit hard enough that I was sure I had broken my arm- like a compound fracture. (turns out I only suffered a hairline fracture.) The second time was with a group, and we hit because 1/2 the boat was paddling to left, the other half to the right. (After which we appointed a captain.)
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