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As a canoe racer with what I feel is a rather efficient power stroke (most often from the bow seat), I do not detect any hesitation when planting the catch. It is natural to perfectly match the movement of the paddle during placement to match the relative flow of the water as the boat speeds...

Yeah, as a side benefit it may also make a great lightning rod.

My carbon fiber canoes absolutely do diminish satellite radio reception when travelilng in areaas where I do not otherwise have the problem, either with bare roof, wood, or with Kevlar. Quite annoying on longer trips, but there is nothing I can do about it.The conductivity of the carbon...

In defense of my previous less than positive comments about the "traditional" gunwale pry when doing the J, what I usually tend to do is not normally a full or forceful J. My quick correction solo cruising/power stroke is a combination of a pitch stroke, which is essentially a very early J...

I find that the most single blade power transfer from body to paddle to water to canoe happens with force in the first 14-18 inches afer a a proper catch, beyond that it is just follow-through to recovery immediately behind the hip and the a quick snap to the catch. Focus on initial power. I...

I can see that the canoe is well heeled over on the paddling side and that your hip (is likely on a) bench seat is right up to the gunwale. I like that. However, the banging on every stroke of the paddle blade against the hull would drive me nuts as well as mark up your canoe. A neighboring...

-14F both weekend nights at my western Adirondack Lake. I walked out on the ice for the first time this season with only a couple of inches of snow cover on the surface. Most times there is a foot or more of snow on top of water overflow on top of the ice. Overflow will instantly freeze to...

Five years ago, I built a nice new 3 bedroom cottage (plus a sleeping loft) on five dry wooded acres on a small private association owned no-motors allowed lake in the western Adirondacks. I have a good 40 year combined civilian government pension, a 22 year military pension, and social security...

Apart from the obvious meaning of the original lyrics about failure to communicate with one another, even in the age long before cell phones, after viewing the Disturbed version and the many sometimes emotional reaction and analysis videos, I have come to believe that the lyrics could well be...

In my part of the world (Adirondacks), there are several outfitters who have C3 and C4 canoes for rent. I do not own either of those myself, but I do rent a C4 for the 90-miler each year, or paddle in one or another that one of my Yukon partners actually own. most of my fleet consists of either...

When I started canoe racing in 1997, at age 46, I paddled bow seat with colleagues from work in a 34' custom built cedar strip voyageur canoe (war canoe at the time). I paddled that boat for seven years with a few wins, in the Adirondack 90-mile race until my then much younger team mates moved...

3 seater canoes have been around for a while. Wenonah makes a "C3" (20-foot Minnesota-3) that I have often seen in the Adirondack 90 mile canoe race. I think they were first really meant for families who put a youth in the middle seat for tripping. Similarly solos are C1, tandem canoes are...

I can't help but to compare that thought to most people who walk on city streets or even on paths in the woods and see others go into the backcountry but they do not for whatever reason desire to spend time with a backpack on to bother camping, setting up a tent, or learning to build a...

Acorn whimsy, acornwhimsy.com A guy and his wife produce art using tiny acorn people he makes from tiny sticks and acorns in various outdoor settings and poses. I found them at a large village festival vending their art. This canoeist is paddling on a lake in Glacier National Park. I also have...

At a lake management conference I recently attended, it was reported that studies show that a critical threshold is, if the land watershed for a lake includes more than 26% agricultural land coverage, then there is, or likely will be problems with excessive algae growth, possibly including...

When I first started canoe racing nearly 30 years ago, I quickly developed tendonitis in my wrists. So did one or two of my voyageur paddle partners. Watching other experienced racers, I noted that they did not flex their wrists at all during the stroke. After I adopted this style, I never had...

Studies of lake associations where Canada geese like to congregate say that whatever goose poop you find on the land where they walk and feed, multiply that by at least a factor of five for what they leave in the water.

Watch the Canadian historical period movie "Black Robe" and you will see a priest hanging out over the gunwale of a Voyageur canoe taking a dump. We did not do that during the Yukon River races, but we stopped for such serious necessary bio stops for no more than an agreed allowed 7 minutes to...

Don't forget to include a slug of Yukon Jack with the "toe"

Right, as is currently advised by LNT