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I never liked the Penobscot much, and I have no experience with the other two hulls, but like Glenn, going by specs alone, I'd choose...

Merry, merry to all.

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a Good Night.

I agree, moving water doesn't have to have waves to be hazardous. I've been on flat stretches of the Susquehanna that I had been unable...

I did a trip last summer and kept a rod rigged up and tied to the boat on portages and it worked fine. One of my goals for the trip was...

I've encountered a lot of upstream winds on the Susquehanna, that's why I didn't recommend it. Not much in the way of rapids.

I like the idea of the telescoping rods because it seems that you can stay rigged up when it is compressed. It would be quick and easy...

Getting back to the question of traditional Haida paddles not having grips, I was unable to find any examples of it in the limited...

Thanks Benson, now I wonder if they changed the design at some point. The specs don't match my '42 18 footer. It's also surprising that...

I'm so sorry, it sounds like you had something wonderful.

Very interesting that the boats were 19' OT Guides. I wonder if it was just a longer 18 footer or a different hull entirely.

I grew up on the Susquehanna too and think that is a fine goal. I did my first trip there in '76. I like big boats so I would probably...

I was invited to join a paddle training session with a Hawaiian outrigger club many years ago. They had converted a rowing machine to a...

It was foggy and cold this morning on the lake... No motorboats, no sailboats, no scullingboats, no other paddlers; I had the lake...