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Being seduced in my dotage by certain possible hydrodynamic advantages of the ottertail blade shape for canoe cruising, but never having owned one amongst my dozens of paddles, I embarked on a quest in April to find the best custom paddle maker in North America. With some candidates in mind, I learned that the first challenge was to actually get in touch with one of these small or one man shops. Or, if I could get in touch, to get any sort of firm commitment on a manufacture and ship date...

Looking for some opinions and I know I'll get them here! :cool: Maybe even a few related to my questions......:) So my 17' Merrimack get rather unstable when someone north of 220 lbs is in the bow seat. The hull is a kevlar/carbon build and it's a symmetrical canoe. First thwarts, there is no thwart on the bow side of the yoke. I'm thinking that adding a thwart on a 17' canoe would help, what do other canoes that length have? Seats - the seats sit an inch or so under the gunnels ( hung...

I have been thinking about friends up Erie way and counting my blessings that I do not have to live with the vagaries of lake effect snow. We have members flung far and wide across the US and Canada. What are the seasons and climate like in your area? Location. Maryland, near the Mason-Dixon Line, equidistant between Baltimore and York PA. We do get all four seasons in distinctive flavors. Spring seems to come earlier every year, with confused trees and flowers budding out inappropriately...