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A few weeks ago I convinced my wife that I needed to build another strip canoe this winter since I didn't want everything I learned on my first canoe build to go to waste. Since I'm always checking craigslist for canoe related stuff, I came across this canoe. The wording of the ad said that the fellow was interested in getting this boat to someone who would restore it, since he had owned it since the early 1960's. It had a low price, and didn't look too bad from the pictures, but before I...

Given that we're a site dedicated to canoes, you'd think it's obvious what canoes "are". That's true for the most part, but there's ambiguity at the margins. For example: Why is this a 24 foot square back boat a (Nor-West) "canoe" instead of a "power boat"? Why are this Perception Gyramax and Kruger Sea Wind "canoes" instead of "kayaks"? Why are this Hawaiian voyager "canoe" and Pacific Northwest Indian "canoe" not called "sailboats"? The Wooden CANOE Heritage Association also...

P1 BLADE, BODY, BOAT The Physics of Paddling I March 11 /July 14 1 Blade [the paddle in water] Paddlers transmit body power through the paddle blade to move their boat. As positive pressure is generated on the powerface, partial vacuum is created on the backface, the differential forces, called thrust, drawing paddle, paddler and hull through the water Trial and error by marathon, sprint and whitewater racers indicates 8.5” +/- .25” is the optimal paddle blade width. Wider requires more...