Recent content by Glenn MacGrady

I like learning new words. I can now relate canoeing to Aesop's Fable about the testudine and lagomorph.

"After a rescue boat capsized near a dam on Lake Springfield in Springfield, Missouri, members of the Springfield Fire Department were forced to rappel from a bridge to save a young girl from the raging waters below. The devastating incident claimed the lives of two people, left one person...

Hmm . . . so I just looked at the North Face Warranty page. The warranty "does not cover damage caused by accident, improper care, negligence, normal wear and tear, or the natural breakdown of colors and materials over extended time and use. Proof of purchase may be required." If I were North...

On 15 and 20 year old rain flies from two different tents, a Nemo and a North Face, I've had the stickiness problem, which then progresses to flakiness. In both cases it was the waterproof polyurethane (PU) coating delaminating and breaking down. Nothing to do with sap or forest detritus. PU...

I've only had a rudder on my outrigger canoe. It definitely eliminates the need for correction, either by single-sided correction or by switch paddling. I only switch paddled to keep both arms in paddling shape and to reduce muscle fatigue in one arm. Hence, a ruddered canoe is more efficient...

Search in the AI world for a boat's "peripatetic pivot point". You can then report the answer to your question on this site, but start a new thread. Although the phenomenon relates to velocity slow downs during side slipping, a full technical discussion with the new source material available...

Oh, big deal, you Pole and Czech scientists. People eat lots of stuff that's bad for their health. When canoeing in Papua New Guineau . . . .

The Camper was made in a 15' and 16' version. Both were stable and popular family and cottage canoes. Which is this? I assume a 16' would be worth a bit more than a 15'. The HIN will tell you in what year it was made. It looks in pretty good shape to me, so I'm not sure there's much to...

Old and rare models of canoes, like old and rare models of any product, are often rare for one good reason: They were never popular to begin with; there never was much demand for them. Hence, demand for such an unpopular old model will even be less now than when is was new. Such old models won't...

Chris, I'm glad the article caught your technical attention. What you're asking is essentially how, technically, to execute a static side slip. That's not the focus of the article, but "how to do it" is a very important technical question for all paddling control moves. If folks want to discuss...

That's not the title of Marc Ornstein's most recent single blade technique article, but it could be. Marc characterizes the hydromechanics of draws, pries and side slips this way: " . . . bow and stern, draws and pries are essentially 'unbalanced' side slips, as you might say. Whereas a...

Administrative Notice: In general, I don't like the increasing confusion of AI-generated or AI-altered images with real images all over the place in today's electronic world. Posting such AI images on this site is okay if they add some sort of humor or conversational information. However...

As to mileage, I have driven my sedan thousands of miles on interstates with and without a canoe on top. I got 35 mpg driving 450 miles without a canoe, and 29 mpg with a canoe on top driving the same route on my return trip. This was a trip to buy a Nova Craft Bob Special.

I used to keep one, two or three gelcoated, composite paddlecraft on top of my full-size van all summers for a few years, but that van was a dedicated canoe vehicle in which I kept all my gear and slept. The gelcoat should protect the resin and Kevlar from UV damage, but UV can cause the...

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