Recent content by yknpdlr

i have no idea what was just said. During the power paddle phase, there is at least a moderate amount of torso and upper body rotation as shoulders follow the paddle until the end of clean power and the paddle then cleanly exits the water for in air recovery to the next catch. A torso rotation...

When paddling single stroke single side in my lighter canoes (22 pound PB Shadow, or 19 pound SR Blackwater), I notice during the recovery process of unwinding from torso rotation, it creates a torque that partially compensates in a small but noticeable amount to correct yaw drift. Combine that...

Many remote Adirondack ponds will have an old beater leaky canoe (or rowboat), well hidden somewhere not far from shore. Usuallly there is no paddle found with it, but there may one be hidden someplace else far away if you are lucky to find. There is also no PFD available, which technicallly...

As I have heard AF fighter pilots often say.... "a MIG at your 6 is better than no MIG at all"

Don't believe the severely outdated topo map. Even the old main river channel has changed much since it was surveyed and printed. I've race paddled there five times from 2008-2017, and there were always points of major changes from year to year that could get you into dead end sloughs. The...

I have always preferred leather hiking boots to any synthetics. Properly treated with Limmer grease, I can hike a damp day in my Limmer boots with an occasional "one stepper" to cross a creek without getting wet feet. My Asolo boots don't last quite as long if it is raining, but they do well...

I used candle lanterns years ago. the light is dim, but it provides ambiance. Never had any problem or concern about using one in as tent, as long as the first few inches of hanger was wire. In a hammck is a different story. During a -30F Adirondack winter overnight, I spent the night in a...

I have often heard Charlie say that heeling presents a "banana" shape of the hull to the water, opposing the paddle yaw with an offside heel. I find most of my solo canoes respond to a turn better with an outside heel in the turn with proper trim. In some I can hear the stern "break lock" as it...

Either by geographic coordinates or by name in the search box. Simply type 7th Lake NY. Or 8th Lake.

Zoom in tight on Google Maps or Google Earth. The current image being presented of 7th and 7th Lakes in the Adirondacks shows a long string of small dots, which is the 90 mile canoe race in progress. along the road between 8th and Brown's Tract you can see dozens of cars at the parking pull out...

that red knit cap looks amazingly like a BSA Voyageur trek touque.

Exactly, same here. To have the muscle memory from having learned some of those "lesser used" strokes that you may have practiced in freestyle mode, is what makes effective functional paddling functional. I have always thought linking varieties of strokes is the key to make the boat perform...

I also had made trips through there before the devastating July 15 1995 derecho blasted through. From the landing after crossing BDP, westward toward the Tri-County-Marker for about a half mile was a large stand of some of the largest white pine trees I have ever seen, including what was...

Taking a nice slow pace you had time to experience a lot of the area. Site #4 is one I will never stay at again. Luckily you took it In October. It is one of the buggiest sites I have ever stayed at during bug season. Which site did you stay on in Grass pond? Site #31 is by far the best...

Reminds me of when I was kid, there was a main street corner pharmacy with a soda bar where everyone hung out. They had an electric hot dog cooker. The soda jerk Impaled a dog on one of 6 or 8 rows of pairs of electrode pins. Flip the switch and listen to the steeaming sizzle as high current...