Recent content by Neophyte

My wife decided she needed a name. Edwina the Eddyline is a Sitka ST. It is a nice kayak, I've had it out a few times this summer trying my hand at a greenland paddle. Texas, that's a nice surfski, don't see to many of those around here. I would certainly plop myself right in the water if I...

Ready for a road trip. My wife loves her kayak, efforts to convert her have been met with a tepid response. The canoe is mine, a Northstar Trillium.

I have a 250 cm and it works well enough, but I do think a 260 cm would be better. However, I haven’t used the double blade much this season and I haven’t tried a longer paddle.

Very enjoyable conversation, thanks for sharing. Don’t worry about your use of perpendicular, your explanation cleared it up. I test paddled that canoe, but I suspect I don’t weigh enough for it. It was still fun though, it’s a very nice canoe. Out of curiosity, what length is the double blade...

I have fallen victim to this one, made a decision to keep paddling to get back to the car instead of getting off the water and waiting. Conditions got very bad very quickly and I was able to make the shore and correct my misjudgment. Conversation with my wife. “What are we going to do now.”...

Jon also has a short video in which he talks about what went wrong, and is pretty candid about his whitewater skills and what went wrong.

I just got through that part of the trip yesterday. I very impressed with how they got the Nova out, and even more impressed that they were able to get it back into paddle shape (even with a little leak). Dutch all they had was two ropes and stubbornness/desperation. He kept saying they should...

Thanks for the thorough review. That makes me lean towards your choice. Just my wife and I, no kids, and a strong preference for camping when it isn't hot out are all points in favor of the Base Camp. But I'm not buying a tent this season, so I've got time to figure it out.

It's amazing how quickly the water levels came up.

Glen can you share what features made you pick the Base Camp over the Westward? I like the specs of both of them and would not mind a tent I can stand it. (Or at least get close, I’m 6’ tall.)

Steve this is what I assume the author means when he says “growing pains,” which implies that he believes it will get better with more time/education. At the risk of being cynical, that’s more faith than I have in the type of people in your example.

It does not, though I would not say it’s flush against the hull. I just put it away, if I have it out this weekend I can take some pics for you.

You have a much nicer boat.

My canoe was originally set up as a pack boat that I switched over to a standard canoe seat, so it has the Northstar yak pedals. They're bolted through the hull, they came that way from the factory. They're good pedals, they have a lot of adjustment room and are holding up quite well. I'm not...

I use my Northstar Trillium with the 4” seated drops and kayak foot braces. I find it to be a comfortable set up. Of course specs/numbers don’t tell the whole story, but our respective canoes are similar in width.