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Chat GPT says that Moore Canoes Inc was owned by Pat's parents and had nothing to do with Pat Moore and his designs. I have no idea how accurate that is: It turns out that Moore Canoes Inc was indeed the same company originally known as Vega Integral Plastics/Vega Canoes, run by the Moore...

Yes, it certainly was a pretty vertical stroke. I tried to drop down for lower angle but because of the short length and muscle memory that did not work very well so it was mostly at a high angle. I know this is not what's normally used in canoes but, never having used that style, I can't say...

Same seat position. I tried my best to keep everything the same between the runs. I was initially going to do the single blade one day and the double the next but on the first evening when I did the single blade test there was a roughly 10mph wind and the next evening, when I was planning to...

Ok. I'll count on you as 1 of the other 5 people to run the same test. Maybe Steve can be another participant after he finishes his back to back 15 mile test paddles. I think I will try a kneeling test. Might have to do some practice first to brush up on it. Alan

Yes, I've been thinking of doing just that. I'm hoping someone will volunteer to send me a longer carbon double for the test. :) Alan

That does seem to be the case. Portages really seem to even things out over the course of a day too. Just because you spend 8 hours between camps doesn't mean you spend 8 hours paddling. For tripping a "slower" boat could make you much faster if it's able to run rapids the quick boat can't. If...

Yes, seated with both. I didn't measure the seat but I'd say it's 5-6" above the floor. Unfortunately 220 is the longest setting for this paddle (210-220) Yes, I counted stroke rate with both paddles a little past the halfway point. The single blade was 60 spm and the double was 61 spm. That...

Reason #4,754 for paddling solo. :) Alan

My gut feeling is that for the regular tripper there is no noticeable speed/power difference between a bent or straight shaft. We often hear paddlers say that after switching to a bent shaft they travel faster or that it feels easier to travel the same speed. I don't doubt this. But I surmise...

I thought it would be fun to do a head to head comparison between a single and double blade to see just how much faster and more efficient, if at all, a double blade is. I decided to maintain the same target heart rate for both paddles during all testing. While heart rate is not perfect I can't...

Switching with a bent. I was thinking of doing a 3rd test with a straight as well because I've always suspected there isn't actually a difference at casual speeds. Alan

A lot of this will depend on the hull too. I assume the canoe was a pro boat which, while very fast, is limited by length and width restrictions to keep boats competitive with each other. The kayak may have been in the unlimited category which would mean just that, it can be whatever length and...

I think that sounds like an excellent option. Especially in an application like this with a lot of contact area and relatively low stress. Alan

Well, you can do a 15 mile back to back comparison if you'd like but I'll stick with something a bit more manageable in my evenings. :) I did my first test with the single blade last night. I warmed up for a bit and then did a full out sprint for just over a minute. Then I rested a few minutes...

For 1/2 mile a dedicated racing canoe is way faster than a 16' quick recreational hull. But after 5 miles the average speed is only a couple tenths of a MPH quicker for the racing hull. At least with me paddling. I think I still have a double bladed paddle somewhere in the basement and I have a...

A few weeks ago I removed the grip and cut down the shaft on a ZRE paddle that I'd previously cut down years ago. At that time I would have used RAKA epoxy to attach the grip. This easily softened with heat gun application and the grip came out easily. I can't guarantee this will apply to wood...

My old house, which I'd built myself, was super insulated and stayed pretty cool until we'd get a long stretch of hot and humid weather. Inside the house would be a muggy 75 degrees and outside was a muggy 95 degrees. Normally I would just open all the windows every night to cool it back down...

That was my first thought too but when I looked at the pictures I thought it looked like the seats were bolted directly to the gunwales, essentially making them thwarts. Edit to say: Nevermind, I don't know how I missed the obvious seat dowel in one of those pictures. Alan

I still have my TG-4. I haven't done a trip in a long time and rarely use it anymore but it still works fine (or at least I assume because it probably hasn't been powered up in a year). It's probably got 70 tripping days on it and it was wet on nearly all of those days. On some of those days...

I'm not familiar with that hull but kevlar is not known for being the most rigid material and it's not uncommon for a kevlar hull to flex and twist. Not being there in person it's hard to say what might be normal/abnormal or just how much flex and movement there is but it might just be the...