Benson Gray

I have a canoe from 1901 that I use occasionally. Another one from circa 1904 is shorter and lighter so it gets used more often. They...

A while back I ordered two books, from Amazon, on canoe history. Canoes, a natural history in North America and The Canoe, an...

This thread made me curious about the history of asymmetric hull designs in small boats. I didn't find an authoritative source but the...

Many of us here own multiple canoes, for a variety of reasons. I'd like to think it is because each canoe does something better than the...

I'm not an historian, but I agree with Benson on this when it comes to all around general purpose canoes. Specialty boats with swede...

You mention things like optimum prismatic coefficient, Swede form, asymmetrical rocker, Kevlar, carbon fiber and CAD, all things that...

True, they didn't have CAD or modern materials. They did have a few thousand years to test and optimize the elementary forms. Most...

Sacagawea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacagawea Cornelia Thurza Crosby a.k.a. “Fly Rod Crosby.”...

I have never been to the Maine Canoe Symposium, but I just realized that it is the weekend before the Western Pennsylvania Canoe...

"The Maine Canoe Symposium encourages participants of all ages to develop an understanding and appreciation of the diversity of North...

Pub paddling is a great tradition in Britain that doesn't appear to have been replicated in North America. The video below has more...

Sorry Benson, you lost me at "no pubs". :LOL:

I have paddled over the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and the intimidation factor is huge. I'm not usually acrophobic but found myself...

Yes, portaging is usually a challenge with any courting canoe. These were designed to be used at a canoe club where there were always a...

...and here I am building nothing but solos... sure hope she can paddle!