Recent content by Glenn MacGrady

I suppose the relevance of this topic is whether one should administer mouth-to mouth resuscitation to someone with celiac disease who drowned on a canoe trip. Well, would they prefer a bout of intestinal discomfort or death? Or maybe it's just that on Father's Day (tomorrow) we are thankful...

Yes, whitewater C1s in the Berry/Sweet days were based on slalom C1 designs, optimized for two-dimensional turning and speed. Many of the modern, short, scarab-beetle-shaped C1s are not designed for speed at all, but rather for three-dimensional aerial flips, twists, end-overs—I don't even know...

This video shows some prototype outfitting for a C1 whitewater canoe, including a bench-type seat that pops free and ratchet-tightened thigh straps. A quick release mechanism catapults everything loose so the paddler is not entrapped by the Rube Goldberg-esque contraptions.

That was a nice feature and tribute to Rollin and Jerry. Thanks for posting it, Benson.

I didn't realize until the article linked in the OP that two of the six dams on the Klamath remain in place. Emperor AI tells me that they are needed for flood and agricultural water control, while the four dams that were removed were hydroelectric dams.

Microtus, thanks for taking the time to post the trip report and pictures. I don't think we have many trip reports about the Sylvania Wilderness in Michigan's UP. Whether the trip was good or bad, easy or hard, cold or hot, sunny or rainy, trip reports are always informational, educational and...

Two weeks ago, in the case Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado, a unanimous Supreme Court of the United States significantly narrowed the circumstances under which NEPA can be used to block projects having environmental impacts. Without going into the details of...

Our XF search feature found the 2017 post using "curtis vagabond canoe renner" as did Google and DuckDuckGo for me.

Benson, can you link to that record. I'm curious as to what it is.

From 2025 Canoecopia:

43 native American youths are currently paddling the 310 miles of the now free-flowing Klamath River from source to sea. They departed on June 12 and plan to finish by July 11. Here are a press release along with a newspaper article and the website of the organization...

Looks like only the gel coat has been scraped off, leaving the fabric undamaged. I agree that you essentially need to remove any loose/loosening gel coat chips, then fill the gaps with some sort of thickened resin, and then smooth (sand) as best you can fair with the hull. The kit you found...

This makes sense to me. To test this, check tandem hull stability with the same bow paddler sitting and kneeling. Kneeling should lower both the COG and the average hull contact load point—split between butt on seat rails and knees on hull bottom—and hence increase stability. And everyone...

Any feedback on or pictures from the event from anyone who attended?

Have the bow paddler sit on the bottom behind the bow seat, and then compare the twitchiness to that when he or she is sitting on the bow seat. That will help suss out the effect of lowering the COG. I did that in Alaska in a 16' OT Penobscot with a fairly novice friend who weighed a bit more...