Recent content by Glenn MacGrady

Given that tomorrow is Evel Knievel Day and to further connect the Tesla Roadster with river crossing, Musk says in the long unveiling video that the flying Roadster will attempt a jump over the Snake River Canyon in Idaho, which Knievel failed to do in 1974 with his "Skycycle", which ended up...

Thank you very much for these updates and contributions, @WhitewaterVideo. You have an excellent site, and I recommend anyone who likes classic whitewater videos to visit it: https://www.whitewatervideo.com/

Folks here like to talk about their vehicles. So, how about the new Tesla Roadster: "Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled a futuristic “flying” car Thursday that can launch itself into the air using rocket-inspired thrusters — and can hit 60 mph in under a second." "The Roadster can reach a top...

Very well written and photographed trip report, RF. Thanks for posting it here.

"After months of design and engineering, getting a prototype approved takes at least half a year and costs between $30,000 and $50,000 USD in certifications, according to Wagner. To be certified in both Canada and the U.S. under the new harmonized standard, PFDs are tested by Underwriters...

Thanks for that pictorial report, Tony. Hope the new rig gives you good camping flexibility and pleasure. That gray and white dog of yours is almost camouflaged against the gravel in that one picture.

There may be a few misperceptions I'd like to comment on. Everyone I've ever met in connection with flatwater freestyle paddling, both the instructors and students, paddle all the time in real life situations. They are lake trippers, river canoeists, whitewater canoeists, and even some...

For the majority who don't know the dramatis personae, @tburris is Tim Burris, who is a Freestyle instructor and the primary organizer of the Pine Barrens Functional Freestyle Canoeing Workshop each October.

Thanks for those great photos and terrific videos, Keith. I feel good that the Wildfire is back in its element, and It almost felt like I was paddling it again. For the info of others, that looked like Bruce's (@85dragonfly) class with him in his Curtis Dragonfly, Tom (@tketcham) in his...

Very nice review and essay, Robert. It summarizes how boat control instruction can not only enhance one's paddling skills, but also increase one's mental confidence and motion pleasure.

I agree with your analysis and @gumpus: Carbon Fusion will be a weight advantage and will not likely present any disadvantage. I have a Swift Carbon Fusion Keewaydin 15 and I would not trade it for any laminate that is two pounds heavier. It performs just fine on lakes and I have even taken it...

No, there are only two thwarts. In the picture, the long black bar closest to the bow is actually a telescoping foot bar.

Let's not go overboard or hyperbolic. Even if a canoe's rocker can be adjusted 1⅛ inch, one still has to like the basic canoe design for one's purposes and circumstances. If there are 100 canoe models on the market, which is a very conservative assumption, the vast majority of people don't buy...

Paddlers forever have been playing with the installation of shorter or longer fixed-length thwarts to adjust rocker, but I've never before seen telescoping, adjustable length thwarts. It worked to adjust the rocker on the thin wood strip Shenandoah prototype and presumably on a lightweight...

Savage River had a team of four people, and a trailer with at least four different Savage River canoe models, camping and paddling with our freestyle-oriented group this past week in the NJ Pine Barrens. I'll post pictures and a report of the trip when I collect some more photos from people...