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@lowangle al I noted your post some weeks back about leaning, and it's been on my list of things to learn better for a while. Same for leaning during poling. As for 'why not a rudder' on a gondola, here's some wild conjecture - perhaps it's related to why solo canoes don't have rudders...

You know Steve, stern sculling oars did occur to me in pondering the possible application of stand-up rowing to a canoe. What are the comparative advantages, I wonder? I spent a bit of time reading about yuloh/stern sculling but didn't come across anyone directly comparing them to...

I've used this method to get over low beaver dams, albeit in a 35" wide Royalex tandem beater, not a 28" wide canoe worth $4-7k. Soloing a tandem from the bowseat backwards engenders bad trim, but it pops the front end up enough to get it rammed up onto a beaver dam, then a scramble over the...

If someone is learning to ride a motorcycle, and rides that motorcycle frequently for 10 months a year, but opts to drive to the grocery store in a car during a snowstorm because it's convenient in that moment, have they given up learning to ride? Has someone who's not comfortable on a bicycle...

Glenn I sense you're poking fun here but I think the joke lands a bit flat after so many have already said they prefer a single blade in many circumstances but elect to use the double to make miles. I'm in that group as well. If anything my double-blade technique wallows because I spend nearly...

No true Rx solos, but I soloed.an Rx Heron as my only canoe for about 6 yrs. I now have 3 Rx tandems in the stable, the Heron, a Penobscot 16, and now a Morningstar. The Penobscot is probably 50/50 on solo vs tandem use because of weight. The Heron sees use poling these days, and I got the...

Just stumbled upon this thread. Scary stuff. I'm not a serious whitewater person but I've run plenty of Class I like that. The idea of an entrapment after a hull collapse hadn't occurred to me as a kneeler. Regarding a kickaway seat, Wenonah aluminum seat drops have the wood sitting on the...

Yeah I wouldn't actually want a curved hull myself- I also like to switch sides periodically and conditions vary as you said. Mostly a thought exercise.

You're probably right in your reasoning there. But Marc Ornstein designs his boats, and we have some excellent boatwrights who make their own strippers and composite boats on this forum.... I wonder how long it took the Venetians to nail down the sweep on the gondola.

Yeah, that ash log I snagged was definitely a traffic hazard being in the right of way/shoulder. Regarding your osage orange, I've heard some say that knots like that can be filled with epoxy. Seems like if it were right next to a shaft it could be ok structurally, but I imagine they'd be a...

Nice! You could fit a large dog in that cockpit with you.

My knee-jerk reaction is against this idea. I think the lack of commercialism on this forum is increasingly unique on the internet. Obviously all should be welcome and new members aren't bad (we need a critical minimum to keep the lights on), but think our relatively low number of members...

Thanks for that additional historical info, Chip! I'm certainly no expert so I'm glad to have others chime in. I see that there are still a few Venetian solo rowers who use an oar on each side (one can find them on Youtube), but still standing and facing forward. But no one's got an...

Gorgeous work, really enjoying this thread! I'm looking forward to attempting my first paddle when I can find the time and workspace. I've been contemplating what lumber to use, and you previously added sycamore to my list of potentials, Patrick. I've been playing around with scavenged...

Of course it popped into my head after I tried to start thinking about something else. It's a WS Manteo. This isn't my listing but there are nice pics of the chines here. Don't see many a canoe with chines like this! https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/882733917154330/

Interesting. We have a Wilderness Systems kayak in the family from the early days. I can't remember the model name, but it predates the Pungo - it would have been bought late 90s? It sounds like the opposite of the Chesapeake. Durable plastic, 13ft, hard chines and a deep vee hull...

That is some golden info right there, thanks. Reinforces my inclination to keep my blacklite off rocky creeks. Also reinforces what others have said about my white gold Bell, but I might still stick to Royalex for bony creeks. Guess I should have ordered my blacklite with a gelcoat....the IXP...

I'm not familiar with the Chesapeake. The others I've heard of but never seen in person, let alone paddled. I see Mohawks for sale around here periodically, but not solos.

Undaunted Courage has been sitting in my 'to read' shelf for a while. Maybe 2025 is the year I get to it.

Cool to have an image of geology that's changed in your lifetime. Should I comment that the guy allegedly paddling upstream looks like he's rowing, or that he might as well pole up anyhoo? :)