Tsuga8

I certainly appreciate the lack of commercialism here, compared to P-net, now paddling.com, emphasis on the .COM[mercial]. Next time...

The site reached 2,200 members today. Don't worry, this thread is not going be be like the McDonalds signs. For those who were around...

After work poling practice with a buddy I'm trying to get hooked on poling. Boats didn't come off till the next morning.

After settling in with the new boat i no longer consider it twitchy but rather appreciate the light weight attributes. Along the way i...

Thanks kona!

my white gold Morningstar with wood trim and a third seat (no carry thwart) is 53# on my scale.

Sometimes you can't eliminate all of the risks nature can throw at you. A dry suit can save you, and probably be a good idea, but...

Glenn, I've always felt much safter in class 4 whitewater than I usually do on big lakes also. I understand whitewater, don't big open...

Wood vs. aluminum gunwales also can make a difference.

I always felt MUCH safer in whitewater up to class 4 than I ever did on big open water lakes or the ocean. Yes, there are remote risks...

I've been revamping my canoe quiver to reflect more of the paddling I like to do and interested in doing rather than buying just to buy...

Thanks both. I have DuckDuckGo'ed (that is in fact my default search engine), but as you all did, I found conflicting results. Oak...

Seems possible. A possibility mentioned in the article is "hypothermic paradoxical undressing", in which your brain function is so...

Tsuga8, I think lots of lessons can be learned from this, though, of course, those lessons won't reach the vast majority of the folks...

One of the pfds was zipped up. I'm thinking that It was not being worn. Kathleen and I have done a lot of canoeing of the Barren...