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Good point. Everyone has their own way of outfitting a canoe. But how do you think people would feel if their new car didn't come ready to drive? I have two touring kayaks, a high end recreational kayak, and a cross-over kayak. I haven't had to do a thing to any of them to get ready for a...

I might have mentioned before that my "canoe" club is being taken over by kayaks, but only for solo paddlers. Most tandem paddlers are still in canoes. This last weekend I was on a club paddle with five other (solo) boats and only two of them were kayaks, so that was encouraging. I think canoe...

Last weekend I paddled my Esquif Echo (T-Formex) on a shallow, gravely river. The bottom is so slippery I had to be careful about leaving it on the bank as it would self launch. I haven't had a chance to look over the bottom to see how badly scratched up it is. I suspect it took some damage...

I was recently on a river paddle with someone that had a Phoenix. Seemed to perform very well. Her's was Blacklite and I loaded it on her vehicle for her, after the paddle, and it felt noticeably lighter than my Blacklite North Wind. Very easy to lift. I have one on my wish list. I'd probably...

Went for my first paddle of the year a couple days ago. Lake was totally devoid of Ice. Looks like I could have gotten out sooner, but it's been pretty windy lately. Water is still pretty cold, so I stuck close to shore and at one end. I've been exercising all winter, which helped a lot, I'm...

Having read the article, it's not clear to me that he's against assymetric canoes. I think he's just trying to reassure readers that he's going to explain things so that a layman can understand. I've read most of what Winter's has published, on line, and did so way back in the late 1990s...

I was looking for something to read while riding my exercise bike and came across this. https://www.bearmountainboats.com/blogs/news/anatomy-of-a-canoe-essentials-of-good-design-canoecraft-excerpt Good info for anyone looking for a new canoe.

From his initial post it's a little hard for me to decipher what exactly he's looking for. My first question would be where is it going to be used? Lakes? Rivers with rapids? Twisty little streams? All of these. Before looking at some regional brand, I'd first look at the major players...

I finally got around to taking a few photos of my Esquif Echo that I converted to a pack style canoe. I'm defining a pack style canoe as a solo canoe set-up to be paddled kayak style. The photos aren't too good. Sorry. I'm losing my touch. I used parts I ordered from Northstar. I added an...

A cooler is fairly common on river trips in Utah. I did a trip on the Colorado River in July, 2022 and it was over 100 degrees every day. The day we got off the river, it was 110 in Moab. It was awful nice having a cold drink every evening. Even in the spring and fall, when it isn't so hot...

This last summer I bought a small waterproof camera that I keep in a thwart bag, most of the time. My other camera is a Sony 7 IIa, I keep it in a screw top petfood vault, or a bucket with a gamma seal lid, right in front of me.

I've probably repeated myself numerous times on this forum. It's hard to remember all the things you've said before.

Man, I've really enjoyed looking at all the photos of solo canoes! Some real eye candy. I'd add one thing about my Echo. The low sides make it pretty ideal for paddling like a pack canoe, with double bladed paddle. I really need to get some photos. It's a pretty sweet setup.

I'm well aware that Swede form has been determined to be faster than fish form and have seen that article before. John Winters has a website with some good articles on canoe design. But I think there could be an argument for fish form at low speeds when wave making resistance is less important...

I think canoes, in general, handle better if slightly stern heavy. Is it worth it to give up some handling to gain some speed? I've been on club trips where I've paddled what should have been the slowest boat and been at the front of the pack and I've been on trips where I probably had the...

It's more of an academic question. Could be a consideration when buying a canoe or kayak. All racing canoes and Boundary Waters type boats are Swede form. There is obviously a difference, but at what speed does it become an issue? I have a theory that, at very low speeds in deep water, fish...

Concern or interest ;)?

As a canoe increases in speed, relative to the water it is passing through, the bow tends to rise and the stern squat. This is more pronounced the shallower the water. To counteract this, racing canoes and performance lake tripping canoes are Swede form, meaning their widest point is aft of...

I'm firmly in the no exterior skid plate camp. Ugly, slows the boat down, can't sand Kevlar, not sure they even protect the place that get's the most wear. Internal skid plates are another matter. I usually order them on my composite canoes. Not so much for wear, but for impact protection. I...

Right now, I have a Northstar Northwind solo, in Blacklite and an Esquif Echo. I would say the Northwind is better at whitewater but slower on the flats than I thought it would be. The Echo would be everything I thought it would be except it's low freeboard rules it out for anything more than...