Recent content by Beardedcanoeist

Glenn, my experience in whitewater (which I began in a Mad River ME) has taught me the same. Central is where I want to be, and making moves from front of the boat when I can in my Octane 91. The whole reason I asked was a conversation with a friend who had done this trip last year and made a...

This is exactly the information I was hoping for, thank you very much sharing. I think Her OCA may be getting setup for a center seated position. I really appreciate your time and detailed and reasoned description.

My Explorer is 15. She's gorgeous white Royalex and 40 or so years old. She needs new wood trim and that'll happen soon. The Mohawk Intrepid is 16 which is why I'll be taking it. Haven't considered tandem because in general we both prefer solo when not paddling whitewater.

Looking for opinions on how best to set up a Blue Hole OCA and Mohawk Intrepid for solo paddling on a 10 day Rio Grande Trip. Both my Wife and I do quite a bit of paddling in our solo canoes on class 2 rivers (for class 3 stuff we take our whitewater boats, a Blackfly Octane 91 and a Silverbirch...