Recent content by Glenn MacGrady

In 2025 I canoed more than in previous years. After four consecutive days of paddling in the Jersey Pine Barrens in October, I developed forearm pain. There was no pain in the elbow joint as is symptomatic of tennis or golfer's elbow. Just pain on the underside of the forarm when I would grip or...

I bought six AVOFOREST telescoping poles from Amazon, and used a five pole setup for five days on a canoe base camping trip. The five pole setup was a little tricky to learn by myself, but it stood up rock solid in high winds and rain. I used two Dyneema guy lines at 90° angles at each corner...

I found my fake grass mat and just used it for six days in sandy, leafy, pine-needley New Jersey Pine Barrens. I used my foam sleeping pad at the other tent entrance. The grass mat was superior. You can rub stuff off your shoes on the bristles and it's easy to shake out. Rain wets it but seems...

15 solo open canoes today on the Batsto River in the NJ Pine Barrens. 4 Savage Rivers (Ornstein designs), 4 Swifts, 3 Northstars, 2 Bells, and 2 Curtis's.

Double bend more ergonomic. Keeps shaft wrist straight, not bent-cocked. Am in tent in the Jersey Pine Barrens.

"Scientists were looking for the presence of Naegleria fowleri, a type of amoeba that is the main cause of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). The condition has a fatality rate of 98%. Essentially, when a person goes swimming, the amoeba can enter the brain through the nose. It then...

That's a great weir drop picture, Sam. Which canoe are you using?

Outrigger paddlers typically use bent shafts that have a ("tulip") shape the same as or very similar to marathon canoe racing paddles, but usually somewhat greater in blade area. You can even see this on the ZRE website. Their flatwater paddle page has Power Surge and Revolution blades from...

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Have we had in this Goliath thread the inside of a composite canoe making shop? This is the Savage River Canoe facility in Oakland, Maryland, this morning cutting the bottoms off my Illusion's seat bolts. A canoe mold is in the foreground and a racing canoe in the background. Rolls of foam are...

I was at Savage River today. They will be at WPSCR and will definitely have a June Bug there—a red Textreme one for @Marc Ornstein. In their shop, I lifted a green Textreme LIte June Bug with an S-glass outer layer, but with no seat, and it seemed to weigh about 12 pounds. I could lift it with...

Marc, I'm at Savage River right now. Ben Diller said all your comp canoes have had the UV blocking clear coat that I referenced above. Mine doesn't. I looked at Savage River's canoe covers custom made for the Illusion both by RedLeaf and another source, which is $100 less expensive than the...

You have a trailer? I may attend.

In prep for my week in the Jersey Pine Barrens, one short paddle last week was not enough for me to familiarize myself with the Illusion. But windy and other bad weather has kept me off the water. So, to beat the wind, I paddled early this morning from my local put-in on the Housatonic River —...