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The Dead is great - one of my favorites as well. 14-miles of spruce trees and class II/III rapids - at least at the levels that I run...

Yup that’s it - same level too. In that video you can see a canoe going down the right side of Upper Poplar. That is the open boat...

Thanks for this write up and the story. Sounds like an adventure! I’d love to run that section. Some day for me maybe.

There are rivers that aren’t too difficult if you take the right lines, but can be brutal if you don’t. I was on one of these rivers on...

NO FAIR- ROYALEX AND COMPOSITE OUTRAGES! I'm envious. Its even in a cool color/pattern, too.

I’ve also joined the Millbrook club. I just bought a lightly-used Millbrook Outrage. This is the second boat that I have in both Royalex...

Last week when I was tripping in the Adirondacks for three days with a group of Freestyle instructors, we faced on the first day a...

A lot of this will depend on the hull too. I assume the canoe was a pro boat which, while very fast, is limited by length and width...

I'm not much of a racer, but I did enter a flatwater race on my local river the Blackstone back in 2010. Looking back at the results...

I would want to compare over at least 15 miles of flat with the same amount and direction of wind. Anything else doesn't compare with...

For 1/2 mile a dedicated racing canoe is way faster than a 16' quick recreational hull. But after 5 miles the average speed is only a...

I believe Serge Corbin and his many amis are world class switchers. There is a difference between switching because you can't control...

A buddy of mine has a Starfire (at least I think it is a Starfire), but it is a solo and royalex - good tripping or "big-boy" boat.

To each his own. I have been trying to master the double blade for a couple of years now, but in a sea kayak, not a canoe. We rent a...

I find it much easier to get up and out from a kneeling position. Lean forward with a hand on each gunnel. Bring one knee up so you...