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Steve in Idaho reacted to RickR's post in the thread Self-learning to pole upstream - bow control and other tips? with
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My pole plant would be on the eddy side, whether exiting a bank or midstream eddy. The ferry angle relative to the eddy line is low. I... -
Steve in Idaho replied to the thread Loud wooden pole.I honestly don't know how to make a pole with metal shoes quiet. The bolt spikes are noisier than the conical bronze shoes on one of my...
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Steve in Idaho replied to the thread Loud wooden pole.I should try that sometime, but I think a rubber end cap won't last long in the rivers I pole.
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Steve in Idaho replied to the thread Tour owner jailed for 10.5 years for weir drowning deaths of 4 customers.I have mixed feelings about the punishment, but if all that is true it wreaks of gross negligence. I can understand the court having...
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Steve in Idaho reacted to Glenn MacGrady's post in the thread Tour owner jailed for 10.5 years for weir drowning deaths of 4 customers with Like.
The owner of a UK paddleboard company, which could just as easily have been a canoe company, was convicted of gross negligence...
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Steve in Idaho reacted to MrPoling's post in the thread Tour owner jailed for 10.5 years for weir drowning deaths of 4 customers with Like.
Im guess every dam is different, but we had an incident here a few years ago where a group of tubers washed over a dam around dusk. The...
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Steve in Idaho reacted to Tryin''s post in the thread Tour owner jailed for 10.5 years for weir drowning deaths of 4 customers with Like.
From the BBC: What went wrong? In December 2022 the MAIB published a report on the tragedy aimed at preventing future incidents. It...
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Steve in Idaho replied to the thread Self-learning to pole upstream - bow control and other tips?.Definitely makes it easier to control the bow going against the current. But requires more thrust per FPS. Wind complicates things for...
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Steve in Idaho replied to the thread Where have all the whitewater canoes gone?.Yes, @ABT - great post! #7.... Amen to that.
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Steve in Idaho reacted to ABT's post in the thread Where have all the whitewater canoes gone? with Like.
Well, I survived my first WW canoe clinic! As a complete WW novice, but longtime paddler, here are some key takeaways I had that may be...
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Steve in Idaho reacted to M Clemens's post in the thread Good all around tandem for flatwater and rivers with Like.
UPDATE: The Spirit II has sold on day 4 of its posting, the Explorer has sold after 6 months. It would appear that the asking prices...
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Steve in Idaho reacted to Chip's post in the thread Good all around tandem for flatwater and rivers with Like.
Often times I find myself out of step with prevailing opinion. This is the case with the much beloved MR Explorer. I don't like MRE's...
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Steve in Idaho replied to the thread 1981 Mike Galt Essay: "The Solo Path".Maybe that's what I'm seeing. Or one accentuates the other.
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Steve in Idaho reacted to Glenn MacGrady's post in the thread 1981 Mike Galt Essay: "The Solo Path" with Like.
The Caper is not nearly as flared as Galt's earlier Dandy, BJX and Egret, and was possibly his least flared canoe. It's also the first...