Idiot Savant

I've been using a cot for the last few years. Very comfortable and helps keep creepy crawlies off me. I consider a roll top table...

I haven't found a need for really long paddles. My Werner Shuna, for instance, is 220 cm. My low angle paddles are more like 230 cm...

I had an Encounter and I kind of wish I still did. Takes some effort to turn, but stable as heck and pretty darn fast. A really great...

On a recent overnight trip I used a Werner Shuna with my Esquif Echo. Shuna blade area is slightly less than the Camano. My thinking...

I usually have two cups and I've thought about working out a system where I could have the second cup in the boat, but most of the trips...

I'm the sort of guy that's always looking for something better but I've been using the same coffee mug for about 45 years. It's an...

My local grocery store carries foil wrapped slices of Spam, for about $2. I'd forgotten how good fried Spam is! That put me on a search...

A number of years ago, I bought a Soto Windmaster on the advice of a thru hiker friend. It is a highly regarded stove, and rightly so...

I guess I'm coming into this conversation a bit late. I have a couple Fishell paddles that are versions of an otter tail. There isn't a...

I can't think of anything that would be more rewarding than winning or, at least, placing well, in a race in a boat I designed and...

Dang! I'm always getting that spelling wrong. It was an overnight and class I. Some riffles, some gravel bars, but pretty mellow other...

Just did an overnight trip down a class I section of the Rio Grande, below Alamosa, CO. Very nice. Lucked out on weather and water...

I can understand that, but there is another advantage to kayak braces that I find helpful. You can stretch your legs out between the...

I use kayak style foot braces on my solo canoes. I've converted both to pack style. Kayak braces allow me to use the space between my...

All the things that guy says about why he has a rudder on his 16.8 would also apply to a retractable skeg and why I proposed it as a...