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LOL. Nothing compares to a pole for going upstream. ;) In fact, I routinely outrun double bladers even when I can't reach the bottom...

That's interesting Steve, I never thought of using a double blade for a pole, does it hold up in the long run?

If you go on dutchwaregear.com you can buy webbing by the foot.

This may be one area where there is some crossover to some of the hammock materials I use frequently. When making weight bearing hems...

some truckers use 2" binder straps for when there's not enough mounted ones. They're usually pretty ugly and beat up, but they're still...

Sigh. Wish we had one out west...

I use sit (or kneel) and switch for attainments and sometimes against a strong wind, but I can't imagine that being very effective or...

Well, you know I'm not a racer. But I resemble all the rest of that. And, BTW, your long distance mentoring has had a very positive...

Alan, if you stop calling your canoe naughty names, it will treat you nicer. And you gotta have a set of arms, not twigs hanging out of...

I'm Canadian, and I am very reluctant to play the switchy thing, so Al, I guess you are right. I played around this weekend in my Raven...

In my 30+ years of paddling and racing, I have well over 6000 documented miles of sit, or hit and switch as bow paddler in multi seat...

A backband is pretty easy to set up. I've seen them available on various paddling supply sites.

My boat is an ultralight so probably 35 pounds. If I needed a little more head padding I thought about maybe adding a padded baseball...

Thanks for the picture gumpus! I need to try adding some foam. My arms and neck aren't strong enough to safely carry much this way though.

Hmmm. That's how I carry my Advantage and I like it for short carries. I use thick high density foam. You need to fiddle around to leave...