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At the wenonah site I stumbled on this: https://wenonah.com/products/adirondack-super-tuff But any info on the new supsertuff seems to be in the mist. anyone any idea?

a number of factors are in play, crew weight is one. hulll shape is two For me the result matters most. and that depend also widly on the hull shape. For exampel en mad river indypendce het really eays to heel. but the change in hull shape does not make turning performance chance a lot. where...

sadly the boat has become much more special. the former owner suddenly passed away about a month ago. he is missed by many in the European community.

Own a bell wildfire, owned a phoenix . To me they come close to each other. The phoenix in ipx seems more rugged, and a bit more carrieng capacity, but I did not have it long enough to bang it down (shllow) rivers. I sold it because a loonworks aria turned up for sale. Those are so rare and...

hi Canoewiia, A lot depends on youur size and your companion. if hormbeck is closeby , I would go there for a testpaddle. they like sitting low and doubleblading. over here the waters are to big and windy to enjoy most of their boats. I doulbeblade in a kayak or surfski on big open waters/sea...

northwater offers all their lines by meter/foot it depends a lot where i paddle what rope i bring on flat/slow deep water 6 mm is fine . on whietwater where the rope could also end up beingused isn salvaging swamped pinned boats. 10mm

the regret of sold boats I can relate to. but alos the joy a number of people have with boats I sold to them. enjoy the paddling in your current boat and the new one.

always good to see a face to connect to a name. enjpy the paddling some lovely boats and surroundings. It was a lovely chat about boats

Hi Texas river racer, I have spend limited time in racing c1's ( and most of that time was in high kneelers. Mainly due to the lack ot these boats nearby. I am still fascinated by them. or bettes said i am fascinated byusing a effecient paddling platfomr that isa joy to paddle when i want to...

I missed that I had the sound of and just quickly looked at the pin and the damaged boat, and looks about 5 to 10 min of the 2 hrs. Yes the pullies and more rope and some carabiners and a couple of slings make a pinkit. and are helpfull with othtesuf you can do when tripping. they could have...

We will never know. It could be that a t formex boat on the same spot would completely wrapped around. and could not be recovered with just to man with 2 ropes. I guees they brought some pullies and more ropes with them (i would). the stickiness of materials on rocks is also not researches in...

https://www.curtec.com/en/products/drums/wide-neck-drums Not many dutch canoeist have none of these in their kit. Pelicases (or copies) or ammoniniotn cases are also used. Personally I use a drybag of palm. I am mostly paddling with small adult groups in a very civilized surroundings on...

pumpsack like many mentioned in this tread

thanks for the lovely review. The comparison to the mnn 2 helps a lot as it is used for a long time in many similar circomstances. enjoy paddling yours.

the concrete is no problem and the contrete cano comps are over here on uni's as well. What i do not understand is that the prepare for months and do not prepare for paddling. For the 22.500 kms of dykes most are build of the ground (clay sand or even peat that is found nearby, most covered by...