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At the risk of sounding like a wise*ss, but with a serious question within, couldn't you have gotten accurate weather and water/ice condition reports with all the modern technology now available? Or didn't you believe them? Or did you just decide to go Admiral David Farragut ("dam[n] the...

The dogs don't carry bangers or shotgun cracker shells but, regardless of the cuddly socialization, their owners still do. Here's an article and a video about these interactions in Churchill, Manitoba. Why can't Homo sapiens be so kumbaya with Ursus maritimus...

Ah, now the various icy threads are knitting together in my frozen brain. Following this trip has been more like a jigsaw puzzle than a game of croquet. I will assume Fuddle didn't deplete the stash of vittles, booze or other ingestibles. For the benefit of those who want the link to recped's...

Other canoe events in this competition, as far as I can figure, are: - men's C1 500 meter and 1000 meter - men's C2 500 meter - women's C1 200 meter, 500 meter, and 5000 meter - women's C2 200 meter and 500 meter I'll post more of these videos in event order when I have time later.

In the ICF sprint canoe competitions, there is a B Final as well as an A Final when there are more than 18 canoes in the final round. HERE are the 2025 ICF Sprint Competition Rules. And here are the B and A Finals in the men's C1 200 meter sprint.

I'll post videos of this event as I find them (or any of you can). High kneel single blading is a classic canoe technique, and watching the form of these world class athletes can be instructive as well as entertaining. We'll start with videos on the men's C1 200 meter sprint event.

Christian, thanks for that well-written, informative and amusingly self-deprecating report about your icebreaker mission. A question based on these quotes . . . . Did you have four guys in one canoe?

I haven't read books about canoeing or canoe tripping in decades. Why not? Well, I've been posting and reading about these subjects on the internet for decades. And I now own and administer the world's most active site on the subject. While trying to be the most active thread starter. Which...

No, not for Android phones. The Google "find my device" feature, which is now called "Find Hub," can be invoked from a Google account on a computer or from any other Android phone (like someone else's). Don't know about iPhones. @stevet is one of our Apple experts.

If it's just a scratch in clear gel coat and not a crack in the laminate that compromises structure, I'd probably just leave it alone. Trying to apply a matching clear gel coat or a clear epoxy may end up looking messier than the scratch. You can probably hide most of the scratch cosmetically...

I had to look this word up, as I've never heard it before. I understand that open canoes are called "Canadian canoes" in Europe, and I myself sometimes use my own invented word "CanAm" canoe to describe open canoes derived from the hull shape of North American birch bark canoes. Maybe I'll now...

My phone was found exactly where I thought it might be, and where the Android "find my phone" map feature showed it to be, and I picked it up at 7:30 this morning. I now put a pattern lock security feature on the phone, which is a minor pain, but the reality of losing my phone has now taken on...

Anyone can look for me. I'll be wandering around with a WCHA Board of Directors name tag on. Old guy with a beard, which probably doesn't narrow it down visually too much.

This problem didn't arise on a canoe trip, but it could. I lost my smart phone somewhere yesterday, a new Pixel 9 Pro. It's not in my house or in my car. I'm sure it slipped out of my pants pocket when I was sitting in a chair, probably in a meeting I attended last night. I was very worried...

Steve, where is the video? Do you have a link?

I'm pretty sure @Robin and @Gerald have paddled La Vérendrye more than once, so hopefully they'll chime in when they see the thread.

Here is your trip report thread, CTC. You just go to the beginning of the thread, copy its URL from the address bar in your browser, and paste that URL in the reply box here (after a line space, so it will "unfurl")...

Marc Ornstein used to run the Florida Freestyle Symposium in Yulee, just north of Jacksonville. It ran for a few years around 2010/11. I believe he now lives somewhere in west central Florida. Maybe he'll start something down there. The problem is probably that, even though Florida is a paddling...

I'll probably bring my Swift Kee 15 and leave it on my car during Assembly, perhaps to do some day canoeing somewhere in the Dacks before or after. My van for my wood/canvas canoe trailer isn't usable currently.