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6 ounce e-glass would be the standard that's used. Alan

I think that's a great way to do it. Bite sized pieces rather than the seemingly insurmountable task of writing and editing the whole thing. I think it should be a separate thread. i can't wait to hear more about it! Alan

Stroke length is very important. It should be quite short. It took me a long time to get this down (not that mine is perfect by any means) because in my newbie days of not knowing much I'd gotten in the habit of taking long strokes. Power is applied at the catch and, I'd say by the time your...

Agreed. On my first trip I was a lilttle apprehensive not knowing any campsite locations. It led to paddling later than I wanted some nights and one night setting up in the bush because it was late and I couldn't find anything. By the end of the trip I was getting better at judging where to look...

I'm curious how you guys that usually use more maneuverable boats with single side correction feel about single sided correction strokes on a boat like the Advantage. Single side isn't my strong suit and while it sometimes feels very easy on a hard tracking hull I also think it sometimes feels...

Is there any other kind these days? FWIW, I didn't take the bait. :) Alan

I hear them referred to as load stops. https://yakima.com/products/loadstop?srsltid=AfmBOorwW4R03YHoCU6NrZsVmpzbKSod_rJuXB_BsUoJ8iFlzd8C_yIJ Alan

Go big or go home. 1: Get your own shipping container 2: Fill it with used canoes 3: Sell excess canoes once it lands in Europe 4: Retire with all the profit you made and paddle your new canoes. :) Alan

I've always found them intriguing but never tried them. Now that I'm experiencing some slight neck issues that are probably due to disc degeneration I don't think I'll be giving them a shot. Alan

For sure. Good points. Everyone will have different stroke mechanics and those mechanics will probably change based on type and length of paddle. While I think we all have a length and shape of paddle that just feels like it fits our style I think most of us can adapt to different sizes and...

No doubt he and his buddies think the same thing when they see us patching together worn out canoes. :) Alan

I tried it tonight. It was terribly uncomfortable. I might play around with it some more just to see if I can come up with a stroke that doesn't feel terrible but it was a much bigger difference than I expected. 6% decrease in boat speed at the same heart rate with a much higher perceived...

I'd been thinking about trying it but after gumpus mentioned it too I had to give it a shot. Same setup as my other paddle tests. A 2.2 mile out and back course while holding the heart rate steady at 120 bpm. The paddle was a 50" ZRE medium. First up was a bent shaft held backwards: Time -...

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I've found the waves look much more intimidating from canoe level as well. Alan

I've done both and I definitely suffer from "The grass is always greener" syndrome. When I want to hammock all the sites seem better suited to tents and when I'm tenting the trees look like great places to hang. Alan

I think someone posted pictures here of a friend with a canoeing cat. Alan

I think if you thought boat repair sounded like a fun thing to do that these would make pretty easy projects to learn with. I also think that if you just wanted a boat to futz around in that you could just paddle it as-is. Alan

The reason new racers soon adopt a bent shaft is because that's what they're told to do and they are emulating what they see the top paddlers using. They don't want to look like a newbie that doesn't know what they're doing. They certainly aren't running time trial comparisons between bents and...

In the races I've attended there is a very small percentage of truly top tier paddlers and they often finish very close to one another, sometimes seconds apart after an hour or more of racing. I don't doubt that a straight vs bent shaft might be the difference in them winning or losing but I...