Recent content by Riffle-Raff

Tandem poling! Nice! Looks like everyone involved had a great time. Thank you for sharing

That's incredible Robin. From the photos it seems you are gifted with good taste in many things!

Thanks for the reassurance Glenn, I've been known to shoot the breeze on occasion. Their Maine Guide paddle has an 8" wide blade and the northwoods style grip. I've seen one example of this paddle in person but couldn't afford it at the time. I believe this specific paddle was the very first...

This won't come as a surprise to anyone who's seen my posts around here, but this is going to be a bit long winded. If you don't like paddles, canoeing or pictures of canoe paddles; then what're you doing here??? Background: Just yesterday after 3 years of on again off again searching I bought...

Hope you've all had an exciting paddling season, it's been a while since I posted something around here. However I believe this will be worth everyone's time by the end of it. Just yesterday I saw a listing for a Vermont Canoe & Kayak boat. It looked like it was kevlar so I reached out to a...

I really wanted a salus ungava in yellow (my favorite color.) But ended up getting the NRS ambient due to a sale that was going on. It was a solid upgrade from my Walmart pfd, and has kept me safe on some real Class III swims on the Dead River. I do wish the pockets were big enough to tuck my...

Thanks for bringing us along. The cinematography and narration were excellent.

Interesting, I had never considered that. I'll keep it in mind.

I know it's and oft chased thread and commonly pursued end, but I figured I'd share my experience and process solo-izing the Old Town Penobscot 16. If you care to, take a seat, get comfy, I'm a bit long winded, without further ado here we go. I don't think I've brought it up here, but one of my...

I hear ya on flat bottom boats. I've had two of them and came away from them fairly unimpressed in regards to paddling characteristics. In regards to depth, just remember another 2" of depth along the 15ft hull is another 5 square feet of sail to the wind when paddling on your own. (15' is...

If looking for used to save a few bucks something like a Dagger Reflection 15, Mad River Tahoe, Explorer 15 or even an Old Town Camper may turn up on marketplace somewhere between $300-1000 depending on condition and location. If you find you don't mind saving up for a bit, the huron 15 in t...

Holy moly what a gem of a video! Thank you for sharing. Funnily enough I instinctively took a very similar line to these folks in 2023 in the charles river. Not quite as far left but similar enough that it was funny to see. The current is a bit slower that way and you can have a bit more control...

I'd love to see how the penetrol holds up. I've been using boatguard spf 50 and find it needs occasional touch ups over the course of a season. Here's a little before and after on my tripper. Scrubbed, pressure washed, and then hit with spf 50.

This year I had this boat at the St George Stream Canoe Race and managed to eek out a 1st place win in the C1 Rec category. It helped that some of my competitors were in other categories this year, and the guy with the Wenonah Wilderness didn't show, but a win is a win!

Running Tannery Falls, Union River, ME, Spring 2026. The water levels held up enough, the good weather prevailed and by the good graces of my very patient wife and family I was able to run the falls and surf the wave just below. Pictured: above tannery falls at medium flow, below the tannery...