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There's a site about marathon canoe racing that has a good video on paddling a solo racing canoe. Don't have a link right this moment...

OR... you can return to WPASCR next year, test paddle the Bloodvein again and decide that you like it enough to build one :) much...

The good news is that I believe the difference between something like the Magic and an Advantage is relatively small while the jump up...

I did the opposite...sold my (2nd) Magic in favor of an Advantage because I have other boats and don't need the versatility of the Magic...

This is certainly me at present. Aye! 🙂 (Or I could sell the Advantage and keep my eyes peeled for a Magic or something similar....)

I think very few Advantage owners are actually tripping out of them. Not that it can't, and isn't, done but I don't think it's most...

Yeah mine has the little thumb screws and nuts - a hassle on the cradles in the garage, I certainly wouldn't want to mess with those on...

I set my seat and foot bar for good conditions and try to have enough knee bend that if the seat needs to be slid back I have some room...

Both, depending on conditions. I didn't (still don't) try to get perfect trim in windy conditions, for me it's more about making things...

My new found Glamping/base camping style of "canoeing" has caused me to reassess my canoe transport method and spend a lot more money...

me too, I think she was more excited about my latest boat than I was, but then I realized that it was because she always took the newer...

I just say "not as many as you do jigsaws".... then I run...

I am lucky, I married just that woman. She is just as supportive of tools also, but I am working on thinning down the tools I own and I...

I’ve posted this on another thread but it seems appropriate again. Jim

I'll go on record as picking my wife over the canoes. It's an easy choice, and not just because she doesn't make me choose anyway.