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I doubt Mad River made any special hull for Orvis. They may have licensed Orvis to put its name on one of the Mad River hulls. The Mad River Winooski was 14' long and 39" max beam. It was sold as a tandem. In the 1989 Canoe Magazine Buyer's Guide, the Winooski is listed as being manufactured...

Two gigantic rivers. I read today: There is disagreement as to whether the Amazon or Nile is the longest river system in the world. The Amazon has the greatest drainage area in the world and has by far the greatest water discharge. The Congo has an almost unbelievable maximum depth of 720...

Finally, here are the C2 Class A Finals for the women's 200 meter and 500 meter and the men's 500 meter races. The USA and Canada have entrants in both women's races. Note that a few of the C2 teams paddle on the same side of the canoe. Note also that every paddler uses carbon paddles with...

Lauren, welcome to the site. You will get more interest if you post pictures publicly right in this thread, so everyone can see them. It's easy. For each picture, just click the Insert Image icon (looks like a mountain) to upload the picture from your computer or phone. More detailed info on...

That chart makes no sense to me when, for example, comparing the Traveler to the shorter, lighter and more rockered Flashfire. The chart says for two-week expeditions the Traveler is only Good while the Flash is Better, whereas for shorter one-week trips in the BWCA the chart says the Traveler...

Here's a newspaper report from 2006 on killing of the snorkeler exactly where I remembered. I used to eddy out at the confluence of Sweetwater and Juniper Springs, and then paddle up Sweetwater to the rental cabin, which I explored. The next time I was there, the entrance to Sweetwater Springs...

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This post will feature the women's C1 Class A finals in the 200 meter, 500 meter and 5000 meter races. Here's the 200 meter final, which includes two Canadians in the field, Katie Vincent (the 2024 Olympic champion at this distance, 3rd lane from bottom) and Sophia Jensen: Here's the 500...

Here's another alligator attack on paddlers in Florida, which resulted in the temporary closure of one of my top 10 lifetime paddling spots, Juniper Springs, which has a very active canoe rental concession. I recall about 15 years ago that a gator in Juniper Springs killed a swimmer or snorkeler...

Work? Those guys only paddle for 40 seconds. Such wimps!

Don't know about the pullover, but I had Patagonia baggies shorts in the mid-1980s. I no longer have them, but I do have many paddles and other canoe gear (and canoes) from the early 80s. My oldest canoe is my 1980 Mad River Royalex Explorer, seen here with my daughter in Maine in the...

Actually, your J stroke looks very automatic and effective to me. How would I know that? I was looking on your YouTube channel for the self-rescue video you've posted here a few times, and noticed you had several other videos. So, I watched one of you and Sadie paddling your local river. I...

Having just learned about all these Android features just three days ago, I hesitate out of my ignorance to venture any more answers about them. I'm sure they all can easily be researched. Or perhaps someone else here already knows for Android phones.

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.