search for "kayak drip rings". Sounds like you don't have any in yours.

+1. Also would recommend taking a look at your stroke. Having an efficient stroke means fewer strokes and likewise less chance of water in the boat. You want the entry of your blade into the water roughly at your feet - I see many people doing lots of short choppy strokes that have about half the time in the water of more experienced paddlers and they end up making up for the inefficiency by making many more strokes. Likewise, you want to eliminate a lot of splashing/turbulence during your stroke - a good solid movement of the paddle keeps splash to a minimum and takes the energy that is resulting in splashing (moving water through air) and puts it into moving your boat (moving water against water).

As for drip rings - I have best experience positioning them just a few inches above the water for a normal stroke. Make sure they are still positioned outside the boat(should be easy on a 28" wide boat). If this is not possible, you may need to consider a longer paddle.

Thanks for all the comments. I am very new at this and did not realize what the drip-rings were for. I will move them in a bit and I bet that does the trick. Thanks.