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Not if you heel the canoe and use an axle or wedge or any number of prying and drawing combinations. There are a bunch of solo paddling...

I think this deserves repeating. I also am not a very outgoing or gregarious person and always felt very welcome at any canoeing event...

Now that's provenance! Thank you Dave and Carol for helping to bring solo canoeing mainstream. Long live Hemlock Canoes! The Mayfly is...

Well, there's a lot of nuance to discuss there, and I have to start with agreeing with your point to some degree. We know from the...

Paddling a big tandem solo with the stern a bit heavy (or bow light) sure, but your examples are rather extreme (in my opinion) and...

As you point out, paddling for efficiency (stacked hands, locked elbows, etc.) may not be as effective for sprinting, at least not for...

That was a strange video, like it was an info-mercial for who knows what. All I know is that I'd rather sleep in a capped truck bed, a...

I'm going to disagree with you about the stern heavy trim. When I kneel against the stern thwart of my Odyssey I don't raise the bow out...

I also prefer the boat-load of gear so that I end up with relatively neutral trim.

Dyneema rope is lighter and far more UV resistant than poly rope and you can easily splice loops and finished ends. I've thought about...

I dont usually have any issues with my line sinking, or with it being too heavy. But, MAN, are these things a PITA to keep coiled...

This statement doesn't seem right to me. With a neutral trim (paddling more from the middle) the boat floats more evenly in the water...

These videos have also moved and been upscaled. They are here now...

The video has moved. It is here now (and it has been upscaled)...

We all have our preferences and I'm not a fan of the stern-loaded trim your examples show. But maybe that's because I don't paddle long...