Recent content by Glenn MacGrady

Here's an article on the subject . . . https://paddlingmag.com/skills/how-to-get-kids-into-paddling/ . . . but it would be more interesting to read some advice and experiences from you folks. You can include how you yourselves got interested in canoeing as a kid, and pictures of kids in canoes...

Hope the van and trip work out for you. Especially if they include paddling trips. You have two significant advantages over me: You can fix both cars and boats expertly. I could never do either. If you are planning on customizing the van for boat travel and the interior as a living space, that...

I'm not clear on how the plastic blocks are fixed into the pockets. Will they lift out? Not familiar with pick-up beds. Where did you go and what did you do with that delicate leaf? That's not even the square stern. I can't keep track of all the boats you've built, bought and boosted.

Ah, those were the days. Young. Strong. Time. Cross-continent travel. Base camping. Day paddles. No plan. Pictured several times before, this was my "travel kit" for many years: My 1997 Dodge van conversion, in which I'd travel, sleep and cook, and on top of which semi-permanently resided my...

Looks good, Max! Thanks for taking time to document your repairs with informative words and pictures. They will help both current and future composite canoeists to take on such repair projects, which is one of the purposes and strengths of this site.

Close to the no politics line, guys. Thank you for not crossing it.

How many feet are sticking out from under that parasol? I'd guess the spiffy gentleman would sit behind the Victrola on what looks like a stern seat with a Roman cushion.

During and after at various places along the river. Narrated.

The Cheat River suffered a 100 year flood on Election Day 1985, devastating Albright, West Virginia, which is the put-in town for the Cheat Canyon run. The river rose 30 feet with a flow of almost 200,000 cfs in the narrow canyon. The Connecticut AMC whitewater club paddled the Cheat Canyon...

For those who are not familiar, the standard C stroke is a forward stroke that starts out with a draw at the beginning, before the power pull phase, and ends with a J pry. Seen from overhead, the blade would move in a curve, shaped sort of like a shallow C. The initial draw and ending J pry both...

I don't think I've ever seen the approach of a flash flood river bore like this. Thanks for posting, MrPoling.

Everyone I know with an SRT is primarily a kneeler. I don't know anyone who primarily uses the SRT as a sitting canoe. It was designed as a fast Solo River Tripper canoe, and river canoes are best controlled from the kneeling position. Since you say you're primarily a sitter, that's why I don't...

Lots of canoes to stir up the brain. As the owner for 16 years of a Hemlock SRT, which is a high volume 15' solo and my favorite tripping canoe, I wouldn't recommend it for your stated preferences. It has a bottom that is more rounded than the standard shallow arch or elliptical bottoms...

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In the following article and video, Marc Ornstein describes and illustrates how to control off-side yaw with a Deep C forward stroke, which is completed with just a mild (or even no) J. The Deep C can also be used to turn the canoe to the on-side. ARTICLE: Improve Your Grade. You can do...