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What @stevet says but, yes, they are also flotation pods. In conjunction with holding the tracks for the sliding seat perfectly parallel, they cause the gunwales in the center of the canoe to be parallel. With those parallel and "tucked in" gunwales, you can execute a very vertical stroke close...

Here's a video of a guy in Nicaragua showing the tin (outrigger) canoe he built:

It's interesting that the museum narrator states that the emergence of television in western Australia in the 1960s contributed to the diversion of kids away from making "tinnies." In this internet and social media age of perpetual staring at pixilated screens, no wonder kids are no longer...

"Enjoy our list of 101 of the best paddling, canoeing, kayaking, river, lake, ocean and adventure quotes to make you laugh, ponder and inspire you to get outdoors and seek your next great paddling journey!" https://paddlingmag.com/stories/culture/kayaking-quotes/ Some of these quotes are...

I get the impression that a lot of paddlers are not familiar with using the palm roll for forward strokes and turns such as the Christie. In the following video, Ray Goodwin does a good job of illustrating how the palm roll is used in conjunction with the silent, totally in-water Indian stroke...

Just click on any of the red name links in the Wikipedia article and you will find out why they are in red.

Erica and everyone: Trip reports from countries other than the USA and Canada go in the Canoe Destinations and Routes forum. The forum content description specifically reads: "Good places to paddle for a day or month, close to home or far away. Trip reports from countries other than USA and...

Erica, you seem to be getting Aslowhand to take pictures of more Swiss waterbodies than usual. Thanks for posting them for our viewing jealousy. What are you doing in Switzerland? Vacation? Mycophilia?

I've had at least 12 solo canoes since the early 80s. NONE of those canoes has ever had a permanent portage yoke because such a yoke would interfere with a properly positioned central seat. Hence, I've ALWAYS had a detachable yoke of some kind for all of these solo canoes, including my most...

I removed one word from the profanity filter a while ago. However, that doesn't mean all heck has to break loose about using it.

Well, he apparently portaged Antigua. Here's how: If you watch his FB video, you'll see his long-shafted paddle is a bent shaft that looks to be about 5°-7°. I also would have expected his canoe to have a rudder, but I don't see one in any of the FB pictures. His canoe is the same kind of...

Administration Notice: As I've edited the OP of this thread to state: I've disabled the Daisy L. account because of suspicions that it is a foreign spam, bot or AI account. If I'm wrong, Daisy L. is invited to contact me via the "contact us" link at the bottom of the page and convince me...

"One of the hallmarks of FreeStyle is efficiency and the conservation of your energy. The first step, in most cases, is to efficiently get the boat moving, forward or reverse. . . . The energy that you expended, putting the canoe into motion is now transferred to the canoe as its momentum...

"There have always been ignorant, unethical and apathetic campers wandering the woods. But if you’re feeling, like my group did, as though there are a lot more of them lately, you’re right." "Now I’m hearing some paddlers talk about the need for a mandatory backcountry etiquette course taken...

“I crossed the ocean to see the power that makes the world go round,” the 44-year-old athlete wrote on Facebook on Sunday, having reached Antigua on Saturday evening (Hungarian time) after 5,123 kilometers, and remarked that this was his second ocean crossing in the world, after his 77-day trip...

Daisy, please carefully read Welcome to CanoeTripping and Site Rules! Also, because canoeing is a geographic sport, please add your location to the Account Details page in your profile, which will cause it to show under your avatar as a clickable map link. What section of the Willamette did...

Aside from its pronunciation, the meaning of portage in French is "a painful and poorly planned canoe route."

I prefer to use Adirondacks terminology and use the word "carry" rather than "portage". If I do use it, I say POUR-tij, your second choice. I also note that dictionaries must now use the syllabic stress apostrophe differently from the way they did 70 years ago when I learned about it. The...

Yes, today is National Vietnam War Veterans Day as well as International Mermaid Day. Since the former may be more important to some members here, I've just changed the daily Happy Day notice to the former from the latter. (I usually rotate them in alternate years.)