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If it's just from the car to the water, I hang it by the gunwale from one shoulder. If I'm portaging any distance, I tie two paddles...

Heck, my Swift P14 got cracked Gelcoat around the stem up to the gunnel just riding on my roof rack on a windy day crossing Illinois...

Welcome @canoekevin ! It's been years since I was in a Camper, so you'll have to take what I say with a grain of salt. Most of the...

Welcome. I don't know much about commercially available boats but I can't imagine hurting anything by bumping into & sliding over...

The Esquif Echo 2.0 was my solution (I think). I haven’t picked it up yet, and I have guilt about more plastic (I swore off it once)...

Just a note on adding fill coats. A trick to lessin runs in your epoxy, is to add a fill coat while the previous coat is still tacky...

I'm going to guess about 1/2oz.: 20150811_002 by Alan, on Flickr 20150811_003 by Alan, on Flickr Cleaned up and ready for the road...

It is frightening to feel my feet snag momentarily under a seat during a capsize. I learned not to lean back during the capsize (which...

I would always recommend finding calm water, a spotter, wear your PFD and empty your boat of anything you don't want to lose and play...

Your new seat design reminds me of Swift seats. Swift seats have the hump further forward; my guess is that it is intended to help keep...

Okay, but you're primarily a sitter as recall, aren't you, Al? Kneelers are more comfortable kneeling. Most kneelers couldn't reach...

We would rent Northstar canoes when the went to the BWCA and the first think my friend did the first year was turn the seat over. It was...

I don’t remember the height of the seats on my stock malice were, but I do know that I liked paddling the boat better when I raised them...

Not to dissuade you from CW Outfitting, but a Wenonah dealer with a robust ecommerce platform may also serve. Rutabaga comes to mind...

My two whitewater boats came with nylon p clips (like this...