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Jim, did you mean this to be in the Jokes thread? Or the What are You Reading thread?

But there's a big difference. Kraiker is solo paddling essentially at the central pivot point of the canoe; hence, his comments and mine about correction physics relate to paddling from that solo position. In the paddling video you linked, the guy is paddling stern in a tandem canoe. He is aft...

Yes, sorry to hear about your arthritis, Frenchy. I hope you stick around and continue to contribute your experience. Your sale must have set a quick time record on this site—less than an hour. Did you sell it to someone here or via some other listing.

Wow, don't know how I missed this excellent thread originally, Nick. Quite a water and hair raising story. I recall that you worked for Ralph Frese for a while in Chicago. Was this canoe one of his voyageur canoe replicas?

Rolf makes a good point in the video. A correction to the off-side, regardless of whether the correction is via a J, goon/rudder or guide/Canadian stroke, will not work unless the corrective force is applied behind the pivot point of the canoe. For a centralized solo paddler, the pivot point...

". . . one small Missouri city has become a hotspot for people looking to float their way through the Ozarks and has taken ownership of two impressive titles. Noel, Missouri has a tagline on the city's website that reads, 'The Christmas city and Canoeing Capital of the Ozarks.'"...

That is a good video. Thanks for posting it. Demonstrating in the air with the canoe on picnic table is a clever idea in addition to the underwater videos Rolf has produced to explain strokes.

Nice set up—structurally, aesthetically and very practically for centralized solo paddling. The only thing about that seat will be, like all bench seats without a softly sloped front edge, it may cut into the back of your thighs or butt when kneeling off it. Of course, kneeling paddlers have...

These guys are said to be going on a Canadian canoe trip trip later this summer. They say they capsized while both doing a "T stroke on one side." The canoe was a 17' Clipper Ranger. PFDs but no bailer.

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This picture may be a first for this thread: Boats on a vehicle on (I assume) a boat.

Wow. Good for him. Maybe the the rapid was very different in the days when I paddled it. I definitely remember entering right of center and aiming for an eddy on the left bank about half way or more down the rapid. Maybe the one just upstream of where your green and blue lines diverge...

I only paddled Zoar Gap in the 80s and early 90s. I recall eddying out at least once and maybe twice in left bank eddies before the final tail of the rapid. One time I paddled tandem in a black Perception Chattooga canoe that Jim Michaud had given to the Connecticut AMC chapter. Jim was the...

I'll be there from Tuesday afternoon (7/15) to Sunday morning. Franklin Hall dorm. I'll probably bring my Keewaydin 15 to try to sneak in a half day paddle somewhere.

I'd go with glass. It will do the trick and new Kevlar won't color match the old, so there will be a noticeable repair there with either fabric. Not if you just want to play with it occasionally. If you want to pretty up the outside, a full paint job may be the best option. It would add...

Lovely equipment and boat content. Could be the site's first tasseled, oriental canoe dog rug.

When I paddled with whitewater clubs there was an expectation that paddlers would disclose any medical condition that could put other paddlers, or the trip as a whole, at risk. A heart condition would be an obvious example because other paddlers would have to risk themselves rescuing and then...

I too think the new logo is not as attractive. Are there smaller words under the "HEMLOCK" on the side?

I suppose the relevance of this topic is whether one should administer mouth-to mouth resuscitation to someone with celiac disease who drowned on a canoe trip. Well, would they prefer a bout of intestinal discomfort or death? Or maybe it's just that on Father's Day (tomorrow) we are thankful...

Yes, whitewater C1s in the Berry/Sweet days were based on slalom C1 designs, optimized for two-dimensional turning and speed. Many of the modern, short, scarab-beetle-shaped C1s are not designed for speed at all, but rather for three-dimensional aerial flips, twists, end-overs—I don't even know...