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Gumpus, you could contact Jeremy Vore of Redleaf Designs (@JV_RedLeafDesigns), who has probably paddled and raced all the Swift Cruisers.

I like the BW myself but liked the Cruiser just a bit better. Great workout boat and tripping canoe.

I did try the 16.8 Cruiser that same demo day that I met with Bill and Charlie in Saranac Lake. Is there a 17.8 version? Being...

Bill lent me a Cruiser 15.8 pack with the seat an inch higher to make it easier to single blade and it also had the carbon foot bar. I...

I'm going to be really interested in that!

As it turns out, I bought that Wildfire, which was in Florida 15 minutes from a friend's house. He's delivering it to me in New Jersey...

I have the same rule on group trips of any kind. It's interesting that some individuals can't abide by it, but take offense when...

I do kayak and canoe and bike and sail and... Many of my buddies do a array of things on and of the water . Some got started because...

We don't have an off-topic forum here, and won't under my administration. Politics is strictly forbidden by the rules. On the other...

I was part of a forum for automotive professionals about 25 years ago and they had a similar forum. The 'open' forum was eventually...

You may want to be careful what you wish for. The WoodenBoat forum faced this and some related issues many years ago. They created a...

I should have made clearer in this thread and the age poll thread, where I said something similar, and in all places where I have said...

This may be true but we also need to consider the variety of places where these discussions occur. The WCHA forum is similar to this one...

Holy cow that is a grail boat for Old Town paddlers. Definitely give a report back on your impressions from paddling.

That may be importantly significant. A whole discussion might be had about this. My observation is that the concept of finesse is...