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We are discussing Type 3 and 5 life jackets and whitewater life jackets in other current threads. What leaps out at me is HOW BLOODY EXPENSIVE so many of these name brand and hyped life jackets now are! C'mon, they are all basically the same thing: a minimum of 15.5 lbs. of foam flotation...

Surprised I got sucked into watching almost all of this 240p video, but it ended up being quite interesting and informative. Ray Mears was joined by well-known British canoeist Ray Goodwin. Thanks for posting it.

Another thing about PFDs is that they can lose buoyancy as they age. Paddlers have tested this. So, if you have a really old PFD and haven't been swimming in it lately, it may be worth jumping into Lava Falls with it to see if it is still sufficiently buoyant

Whitewater play and creek canoes are not designed for wilderness tripping. And vice versa. That's why so many of us have multiple canoes. Notwithstanding the name of this site, which Willis Brown chose from limited available alternatives in 2011, only a small minority of posts and threads here...

Well, whitewater play boat or day tripper was my assumption as to what he was asking about. Nova Craft does list two of its hulls as whitewater canoes, the Moise tandem and the Supernova solo.

I believe LizardFlip is asking about canoes that have hulls specifically designed for whitewater day tripping and play boating. Of course, any canoe can be run in rapids, but no serious day-playing whitewater boater is going to use a classical Prospector or a canoe designed primarily for flat...

As I mentioned in that other thread, I used the original Extrasport Hi-Float life jacket, which had approximately 22-24 lbs. of flotation, for 15 years of whitewater open canoeing in the 1980s and 90s. So did most other whitewater boaters I knew, including kayakers because the below-waist bottom...

This is a very interesting video with old footage showing how the Inuits from Alaska to Greenland survived and lived for thousands of years in the Arctic, including depictions of their hunting and fishing techniques, clothing and gear construction, shelter building, music and dance, dogs, and...

Those are NICE pants. In high school I was a 30-30 in pants. Both numbers have moved in the wrong direction ever since. If the buyer wants to make a voluntary donation to a worthy organization, I can think of one that doesn't charge for Classified services and is very close by.

". . . the Roanoke River is now North Carolina’s newest State Trail." "Perhaps the most enticing part of the trail for paddlers is the paddle-in camping platforms along the river. These platforms allow camping access in areas that are traditionally extremely difficult and uncomfortable to camp...

As sort of an experiment, I believe it's possible to discuss the economic effects of current and potential future tariffs—such as effects on supply, demand and prices for various paddling products in various countries—without voicing partisan political positions or commentary. (Site Rule...

I don't know, but right next to the big wooden form are a bunch of strips in the same general shape, which almost look like they are metal or maybe a grey color wood.

Oyster bay boats, welcome to site membership! Feel free to ask any questions and to post messages, photos and videos, and to start threads, in our many forums. Please read Welcome to CanoeTripping and Site Rules! Also, because canoeing is a geographic sport, please add your location to the...

The site hit 3000 members yesterday. It took 11 years to attract the first 1500 members and 2.75 years for the next 1500. The rapid rise in membership is clearly associated with our migration from the maddeningly buggy vBulletin software platform to Xenforo in August 2021, when we had about...

That style has been around for a very long time, originally for water skiing. Canoeists like to have some pockets and lash tabs. The early Old Town, Seda and Extrasport canoeing life jackets had no pockets or only one chest pocket, later adding a second chest pocket. More modern PFDs do have the...

I've watched the following video of beginners paddling Chase Rapids. There are some sections where the wave action looks like 2+, and the boats hit, scape over, and pinball off a lot of rocks. I would think nine miles of this might be risky for beginners with no whitewater experience. Will the...

I've never done the Allagash and, since I was originally a whitewater aficionado, the most interesting part of the river to me was the nine miles of relatively continuous Chase Rapids. Are you including them when you say no carries?

Maybe it depends on body size and shape, but I never experienced that problem. The waist tie, particularly if supplemented with a rescue belt, helps prevent "riding up" as do the smallish arm holes. The minor riding up did not interfere with my rescue swimming, especially with the Extrasport...

This short video doesn't answer the question about how David Yost builds his strippers, but tells how he got his start designing solo tripping canoes.

Oh, I have no doubt the NMR employee may have said that. The smoke I was referring to was being blown by that employee, not by your paddling friend. The NMR employee may have actually believed that to be Canadian immigration law, which I strongly doubt based on the Canadian immigration link I...