Recent content by Canoe 1885

One other consideration is seat heigh and kneeling vs sitting. In both my Magic and Merlin II, I played around with seat drops from stock kneeling and stock sitting drops to custom version to test paddling traits. 3” sitting, 1 1/2 - 2 1/2 kneeling, etc. Interesting stability changes going...

I believe wind from the behind or beam is a common concern. No one want to have their canoe broach or spin into the wind. I live in Bend Oregon and fight wind in both large lakes and rivers often as well. First thought. From AI. For downwind paddling, asymmetrical canoes are generally superior...

Interesting stern profile unlike most performance canoes with a plum stern for max water line.

I do not know what happened to my post as the majority of what I wrote concerning the prospectors canoes was eliminated when a problem occurred trying to post. I will try again. The chestnut prospectors were a class of canoes. They were very popular in the 1920-1940 time frame as working...

I believe canoe models are best thought of as tool. A tool is designed for a purpose as were canoes. If we dissect a canoe without knowing it maker or name we can get a very good idea of it purpose and see if it matches our intended use. If we look to the chestnut prospectors class of wood...