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Come to think of it, paddling the Malecite in a tailwind with significant waves and doing it with the boat facing both directions should be quite educational. Gonna have to wait though. I'm BWCA bound in a week.

That's a consideration. I've been thinking of taking the Malecite out for a solo spin. It's been years since I did so. Its "backwards" rocker profile might muddy the picture, but maybe I'll learn something new. OTOH, my inland sailing experience tells me if I go out looking for wind, I'll...

Scroll down to figure 10.1.3, and view the animation. This is what I imagine I'm feeling. https://rwu.pressbooks.pub/webboceanography/chapter/10-1-wave-basics/ There is movement in both directions, plus up and down. Under (correction - on) six miles of fetch, it's an interesting ride.

Are you implying that the Wildfire is noticeably sportier than the Phoenix?

You have almost all the solos I am currently considering. We have only the Wildfire in common. I'll be watching you. 😁

Yeah, as proven when surfing standing waves, I suppose. It shouldn't be, but it is. But I think maybe it's not current as we tend to think of it. Wave energy is weird, and it's not like a constant flow.

What I'd like to see is for someone to resurrect the Mohawk Solo 14 mold (if it still exists) and produce it in T-formex or even 3 layer poly. But I don't see that happening. How about it, Old Town? Honestly, those Discovery 111's aren't as bad as some of us let on. They're just not as...

This is what I think I'm feeling. I'm not the strongest paddler, and I see the waves passing under me. If I could go a little faster (as in, approaching theoretical hull speed) I could be riding the waves instead of fighting them. Maybe a longer and faster canoe would help, but maybe my motor...

I had a big tailwind going downriver one day in the Sojourn. That was a gas. No significant waves to contend with going with the swift current. All I had to do was rudder, and not much of that. I think it's possible, maybe probable that I'm not shifting weight back enough when I encounter this...

That's the kind of enabling comment I'm looking for. 😁 It's kind of embarrassing... I've now passed up a chance to own a Merlin II twice. Now I'm in the mode of watching for another (and with recently announced competition), or maybe a Phoenix. What I really want to know is if either or...

I have one for the bow that came with the canoe. It won't fit the stern, since it's a swedeform hull. Yes, I should get one for that. That's kinda where I'm going with this. 😄 That works for me, but it's a fight still to keep from broaching. It does force me into a sprint, so that's both bad...

I'm not sure if this is a solo canoe question or a paddling technique question, so I'll put it here. If it turns out to be one or the other, Glenn, please move it accordingly. I am fortunate that I have a large lake 15 minutes from home. I paddle there often, sometimes to fish, sometimes to...

My Solitude has a sliding bucket seat. I just slide it all the way forward and set the leading edge of the seat on my shoulders. That balances the canoe slightly stern heavy, and gives me a perfect reach to the forward thwart so carrying is fairly effortless. Due to the contour of the front of...

Sadness all the way around. 😞

I hated the folding canoe anchor. It never held for me in even light wind. I had a very effective anchor in my 20' sailboat, so I wondered if I could find something like it in the right proportion. Yep The mini claw I do something similar to what Ralph wrote. A caribiner is attached to a grab...

I feel sorry for whoever gets stuck in that pumpkin seed.

Sounds a little like what I contend with when I paddle up the local lake inlet to get close to the heron rookery there. It's a narrow passage, littered with fallen limbs and partial logjams. I sometimes have to slide over floaters, duck under low hangers, and wrestle waste high limbs out of the...

Mediocrity is kind of popular in our culture. I'm not immune. A point which I am willing to concede. 🤪 This brings up a whole other subject. I've mentioned this here before. I'm torn between advocating preserving the status quo on some stretches of river, and instead promoting and supporting...

Misperceptions abound. 🙄

@Packrat I guess it will be up to you now to give us your thoughts on the Wee Lassie's performance. :) I'm curious about your choice of the single blade from the floor seat, and if that changes your preference among single blades. I had to resort to the floor seat for a while during my...