Idiot Savant

The Werner sizing chart takes both paddler height and canoe width into consideration. They have separate charts for high angle, low...

No, I didn't miss the thread and I posted on it, but I wanted to get into it a little more. I've been paddling solo canoes, with a...

I've tried longer paddles. I've tried everything. That's why I have over a dozen double bladed paddles. Bending Branches made a double...

Seems like interest in double bladed paddling is increasing. That's good. I'm sold on it. I first started experimenting with paddling...

In all the years I've been paddling, I've only capsized once, though it was touch and go a few other times. I figure the chances of me...

When I bought my first canoe and started putting together my own trips, I often used a Rubbermaid Action Packer in my packing. It...

Looks great. Good job. I think you'll find that it paddles as well as it looks.

The SOTO Windmaster and the MSR Deluxe pocket rocket have a burner that curves down rather than up. The cheap Chinese one I mentioned...

I have a North Wind solo, and its a great boat, but, if you don't need it for river tripping, I'd suggest either a Wenonah Prism or...

That Encounter looks awful beat up. If you know what you're doing, repair is certainly possible. That's the great thing about...

I've been wanting a Northstar solo, in IXP, for rivers. Not super light, but lighter than T-Formex. I don't think Northstar says...

As I've said before, the Wenonah Encounter is a great boat and holds a ton, but finding a used one isn't going to be any easier. I have...

I'm not sure I'm following your thinking, carpenter, but let me clarify a few things. I have a lot of experience with double blade...

The snowpack, in the Rockies, was pretty poor this year. A lot of rivers are already getting too low to paddle, so check flow data...

To respond to the last couple posts. Are we talking about racing canoes and paddling with a single blade? I thought we were talking...