Search results

More robust webbing - yup. I hear you on not using carabiners, but they're awfully fast and convenient. Maybe I'll reconsider for highway travel.... @scoutergriz those loops sound useful, but there aren't high rises anywhere near me. I'll have to keep my eyes peeled. I do have some...

Very glad!

I went to cinch my bowlines down ahead of a long trip at interstate speeds, and one of my hoodstraps ripped. Seems like UV degradation, if I had to guess, it was flaking material everywhere. I melted the ends and tried to tie the long end to the carabiner and cinch again - it broke again. The...

😆 @eckilson I'm sure it'd be a great river boat too with that rocker. I'd eyed one up as a solo pole-and-paddle boat at one point.

Y'all are terrible enablers. Despite my attendance at a freestyle workshop or two, I don't actually aspire to freestyle paddling, beyond 'functional freestyle' ie useful strokes in real-world applications. And, it seems like the Starfire's acolytes are mostly freestylers.

The lack of moderation on paddling.com, formerly paddling.net, is very sad. But among the ads for who-knows-what nonsense, there are still some good boats to be spotted. I'm very tempted by this one due to its rarity, but I think it's too duplicative of what I already have (Phoenix...

I have both Carlisles and Mohawks. I also have a slight preference for Mohawks, though I consider both beater paddles, reserved for the rockiest of rivers or the most careless of borrowers. I've truly abused both and been impressed with their durability. That said I really don't like that...

My 2013 Forester (base model) came with rails and no crossbars. I bought new feet for the Thule bars I had on my last two cars, which are now nearing retirement age (the cross bars). I'm dreading the day I have to get a new car. Mine has minimal electronics and a real metal key separate from...

Pretty sure I'd be in white-knuckle-death-grip-on-the-gunnels mode at that point too. 😆

Enough to keep them afloat, or enough to stop them getting pinned? Hopefully you haven't actually tested the latter but figured I'd ask.

@eckilson was your partner is his seat at the top of that drop?

Theoretically I know that everything in my dry bags that sinks on its own detracts from the flotation my dry bags provide. Realistically I know that there're probably enough interstitial spaces to be more than net buoyant. But when things get dicey, one starts to wonder: is it really net...

The size question is another one.... given that I don't currently run ww above Class II, is it worth getting the bigger bags? I don't really anticipate getting more into whitewater at this point.

Yeah I have to say, I balk at the price of the Fall Line bags as long as I'm not running Class 3 stuff... tho I imagine you get what you pay for, it's hard to imagine I need that when folks used to make do with inner tubes. Personally, I refuse to order anything from Amazon, so sounds like the...

Thanks @recped , @scoutergriz and @Steve in Idaho . I've heard of and considered: inner tubes, pool floaties, exercise balls, and more. It's tempting considering the cost of real bags. Steve your comments are particularly helpful - it's worth considering the hull material as well as the...

I have to say, it paddled nicer than the Rx Morningstar for the few min I was in it. It did have less initial stability when I jumped in to pole it, but it may have been that way before the squeeze too. I'm tempted to do this to my Heron now. I can also say, having seen the woodwork in...

Voile straps are now my go-to for attaching poles to my roofrack (or the inside of the canoe for longer trips) - love em. But, I think they have the same problems at bungees for attaching a pole to a thwart - access is not as quick as I'd like, and then the strap is loose in the boat. If you...

Float bags are a little like PFDs and seat belts - you never know what day you might need them. But, unlike the latter two, I think there are arguably lots of conditions where float bags aren't necessary for open canoes. Paddling my local pond, I'm rarely out of swimming distance from shore...

Nice - good adherence to the KISS rule. I also like that releasing the pole doesn't release the tether from the thwart and risk getting lost, unlike the bungees.

Pre-work paddle on a hazy morning. Now I know the real reason yokes are shaped that way.