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Plexus 300 is available from Johnstown Dist in small units and is a less invasive attachment than through-bolted machine screws. Be very sure to clean the hull with acetone, and scuff sand, then acetone clean the backside of the footbrace unit[s].

Trim; The best determinator of who goes where in a tandem canoe is trim. In almost all conditions we'd rather have the hull level as the designer intended or run the bow up a little; the stern down a little, approximating the differential rocker found in most modern tripping canoes. Since...

Fit in a kneeling canoe has more to do with thigh length than anything else. Knees should be comfortably wide into the chines and sitz bones on the seat we can comfortably get our feet under. We can adjust some with thick or thin knee pads and raise and lower the seat a little, but the...

If the paddler sits, they need a footbrace for bone to boat contact. The Glutimus maximus amounts to the old Buick fluid drive, our arses squish around a lot and forward power is lost in the movement. Cross bars are better for ergonomics, we pivot/torso rotate more but most don't paddle at...

It's also a fine break from Winter wickedness and a chance to get on warm water before all muscle memory fades.

I got involved in the FreeStyle movement and paddlesports instruction while sewing canoe packs and accessories for Grade VI, and spent way too much time with the American Canoe Association. I've worked with Curtis Canoe, Bell canoeworks, Placid boatworks and Swift Canoe & Kayak. Charlie Wilson