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    Canoeing Plans for 2026?

    I guess there needs to be a pole abou t Glenn s next boat.
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    My 1st paddle BUILT FOR DISPLAY

    It looks great. ENjoy looking at it each day
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    Swift Drops a New Tandem Tripper - Wabakimi 18

    That wavy gunnel line/asymmetrical hull is freaky but so interestingly inspired. I love where and how these designers are taking things way outside any known envelopes. I see big similaritees if i compare this new boat gunnel lines to a wnn itasca or grb morarch both are a bit longer the...
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    Swift Drops a New Tandem Tripper - Wabakimi 18

    Last year swift introducés the lavaille .. that is 15 deep and their big tripper ish. Not sure if they still build the tenemagami. That is a freighter. This new boat seem more for the week woriors. I think 90% of the canoe buyers.
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    Outfitting a Mohawk Intrepid 16 for WW

    The english like to drillen. Most in have pe or a bit less heavy royalex. If they take them on whitewater many times they paddle on scrappy shallow streams . There seems a fairy tale over there about ripping eyelets. I like much what they do. Not mu h the drieling part
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    Clipper prospector 14 debate

    I guess a seperate topic is usefull. 3 reasons ; If there was the best boat there should be more knowlegde about it. 2 can somebody that ownes one make a short video of the lines/ hullshape? Many look at numbers lenght width height capacity rocker. But those are almost as nothing saying...
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    Thoughts from Headwaters Canoe Shop

    I so wish there was a good varnish/ oil that would preserve the wood and keep showing the different colors
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    What are the best river and inland lake canoes of all time?

    In short there are a few sentences that keep comming back in this kind of questions 1 a canoe is better then no canoe The prefered amount of canoes is for many n + 1. Many ( english) canoeists will try to convice a prospector is the best canoe. Next will be a debate over what is a...
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    Splash cover

    Over here the german company helmisport makes covers with velcro for decades. They over no other way of attachment. The rest are a zillion options. So i guess it does the job. I got some experiance with those and is worked well. Their covers are not for whitewater.
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    What are the best river and inland lake canoes of all time?

    2 someones took around the uk. The seaworthyness seems to be proven;) But the topic was inland paddling. So this remark is pointless. No clue about the right answer i seem to change my opinion about it a lot. I have not menaged to get close to own a canoe a decade..
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    Kite +6%

    This thread and erica's are the ones that get me and maybe others through this winter. Building bloggs are great even years after. More pics help a lot to tell the story. Looking forward to more progress
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    Savage River to start producing Monarch hulls

    The savage rivers i have seen are close to the best composite canoes I have seen, if there was a ' easy' route to buy one in europe i think i had one. I thikn there are less then 10 over herewith a range of designs. The ones that interrest me most , the marc ornstein designs never made it...
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    Savage River to start producing Monarch hulls

    I guess there always be less monarch canoes compared to prospectors, explorers ,quetico's to name a few. It is good to see this hull back in production. The gbr monarch is one underrated shape. That not many people put in their shortlist. It is so good
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    Help me pick a tandem

    Much more primary stable compared to the polaris. Less glide. I have paddled both briefly and years in between. So it is not great to compare. I think if the conditions are poor i rahter do the polaris. Main thing will be get togehter in some boats buy 1. Put a decent amount of...
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    Mégiscane River, Québec

    Looking forward to tomorrow s breakfast . This is one of the best trip report i have read. Hope the next day has a bit of paddling. It sounds like another big dissission day..
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    Black Cherry Phoenix

    The white was less Beautifull compared to these new ones. Looking forward to rhe new tripreports.
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    Mike Galt Lotus Mirage

    Beautifull story and boat. Hopefully one day you will find a light weight canoe that is nice for freestyle as well.. Keep the stories comming. I like the similarities in end shapes when i looked at this and the swift cruisers. Hope the water gets warm and your can get a feeling for...
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    Canoeing Plans for 2026?

    A weekend in the Ardennes naar Malmedy in a couple of weeks with many Belgium paddlers and some Dutch and Germans . Hope there will be water for the nice grade 2 rivers. But waterlevels are more for the walking boots. Paddle more from home. Hope there will be some longer trip later in the year.
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    Help me pick a tandem

    About th polaris A couple of friends have 1. They look better in thah then in any boat they previously had. Blacklite makes then very comfortable of the water. They are not young anymore . They have expiriance in paddling expeditions and dya trips for decades. They came to the...
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