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I've been orienting our 18.5' Odyssey with the stern forward because when we center the widest section of the canoe between the two roof...

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I don't see it so much around here. Then again, I am in the Ocean State where sea kayaks rule. ;) Most people who buy open boats...

I think it’s coming back, just like the popularity of canoes in general, but to a smaller extent. I just took up whitewater canoeing...

I think you may be blurring the line between standard features and extras, especially if a particular canoe isn't a whitewater or pack...

Mad River Canoe's version of a "Prospector". ;)

I don't know what kind of cars (or canoes) you've been buying but the ones I've purchased have always been ready to drive (or paddle)...

Drag-ability. A good term. I prefer to have a light boat and portage. If I do drag a heavy canoe, where the ground is smooth enough...

Swift Canoe & Kayak offers special seats and backrests as options. Personally, I don't want more expensive seats and backrests to come...

Used Penetrol many years ago and it is great at hiding scratches but didn’t like the colorful “oil slick” that followed me around...

Same here. I don't bother trying to hide scratches and just fill gouges with epoxy and call it good. The new outer coating that Swift is...

Gone with the passage of time; the boomer generation is moving on to other things. There never were many whitewater canoeists in...

I'll be skiing lift served in southern VT tomorrow, hoping for corn, I know there will be plenty of sunshine. I've had wonderful spring...

For alpine and Nordic skiing this is turning out to be a dud year in Vermont. Sure, there's still some alpine skiing on the trails that...

Your last sentence is inarguable. However, that doesn't mean that I would prefer a 65 lb. plastic solo canoe over a 25 lb. composite one...