I only did the separate travel option once. I knew the guys were capable of traveling on their own, but one was painfully slow, in everything he does. How can a guy that's so nice drive me nuts?? Look up "passive aggressive" behavior.
They were very easy days, Batch Bay - Jesse, Jesse - Walter, Walter - Lonely. I made sure they knew the campsites I was heading for and gave them all the maps, he loves maps. I used a GPS and had been there before. I even let them start off ahead of me each day while I did some paperwork in the bush. Still I ended up well ahead of them.

The guys used a very fast tandem, 18' Sundowner, and I had my Voyager. Upside was it helped me to decide to rent a Minn III for a later trip I was doing with 2 gals. That worked great too, except I'd rent a Minn IV and remove a seat next time.

After the two trips last fall I was left with one simple impression. "Guys are stronger, but gals are tougher"