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Think Tom MacKenzie popularized “obedience training for your canoe” back in the Adirondack canoe symposium days. It originally started out as Adirondack freestyle symposium. Personally, I have always thought it should be spelled FreeStyle. Style so you look good doing it and Free so you can put...

Was your dealer Ron Sell? If so take his advice.

Yes the Loon Works video is still available from freestylecanoeing.com And for a laugh you can watch me give the worst example of a low brace ever committed to film.😂. I can laugh about it today….

That 50 pounder looks really nice. Had one and had to sell it and have regretted it forever. Nothing paddles like wood n canvas. Welcome.

Front edge of seat is 90” straight back from tip of bow woodwork on my Bell Wildfire. Wood protrudes about an inch from the actual hull (pic), so if you don’t have that type of construction, that would make it 89 inches from the actual fiberglass.

Great report and pics. Made me want to go…what more could you ask from a TR!

It is a fairly small hull if you’re intending to carry gear and want to do fishing where you would be moving around from side to side. It does not turn really well unless you heel it significantly which you would probably not want to do in your intended usage. Purchase it more to own a piece of...

It is a Dandy. It would be unstable at 350 pounds of unskilled paddler but should fit you well. The lines are beautiful and secondary stability is very good due to flared midships. If you’re comfortable with doing the minor repair, it would be a classic boat to enjoy.

I have owned several of Mike’s boats but have never seen a Mirage. Thanks for the post!

Ditto on the adverse conditions. Favorite is when it is snowing but there is NO wind and the flakes come silently straight down. Sooo quiet.

What got me into canoeing? When I realized it was easier to put the packs in the boat and go downhill than it was to put them on my back and go uphill. 😉 But what kept me in it was that incomparable feeling of the interplay of paddler-paddle-boat-water that results in movement that can feel at...

That jogged fond memories of traditional New Year’s Day paddles on my local central Ohio river with a group of fellow fanatics. Sometimes pretty icy paddles by the end, sometimes breaking shallow ice to continue. Ahhh memories…