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I'm not sure of the proper race class terminology, but you can get to know something about Jeremy from the perspective of a Swift marketing video here. The purpose of the creation of the video is Swift marketing, and is posted on their website, but for me as someone interested in canoeing, I'm...

For a dedicated wilderness tripping canoe, are rudders an underrated upgrade or unnecessary complexity? I've never found anything complex about a rudder. Really a very basic and simple tool. I use one on my surfski, and have a few kayaks with rudders, but not one on a canoe. I might consider it...

I like that fulcrum ray projecting outward from the face of your paddle, and the blade angle such that the fulcrum ray intersects the pivot point description. Actually Glenn, I think your whole description seems really helpful, especially including the part of the pivot point gradually shifting...

There is something so satisfying about executing what is being described smoothly - moving and slipping among obstacles. Just to witness someone else do it skillfully conjures admiration. There is one thought that I have that I wonder if others experience. I will quote Marc Ornstein's linked...

Thanks for posting this Glenn. I was pondering this within the last year when someone informed me that some particular canoe didn't have tumblehome. He informed me that it was actually shouldered flare. I accepted it in the moment for purposes of the conversation and intrigue towards hearing out...

We're kind of in that in between area. We participate in an occasional paddle race, but mostly just for fun. That said, we pay attention to technique, and take some pride in attempting to be technically sound, strong paddlers. I'm not looking for an expedition canoe, but one that does just as...

My wife and I paddle a Wenonah Adirondack tandem, almost always unloaded, except sometimes with our Doberman. We don't use it in whitewater rivers. We use it in saltmarsh, creeks and rivers, bays, and lakes. It has always seemed well mannered in all aspects. No issues controlling it in the wind...

Steve, I agree with the idea that the faster you go, the less you have to fight directional control and broaching. Or how I think of it, the faster following waves are going in relation to your own speed, the pushier they will be. Waves don't really act the same as current. As the wave energy...

I wonder how much of a spectrum there is within blade angle control between control with the shaft and control with the grip? If someone is strongly right-handed or strongly left-handed, I might suppose that they exercise blade angle control mostly with their dominant hand regardless of whether...

My wife and I paddled the Green to the confluence with the Colorado last September. It was a vacation far from home though. My wife still says it was her favorite vacation that we've taken. It really was an incredible canoe trip. Very different scenery than we're used to here on the southeastern...

Thanks. I've been paddling a cedar strip John Winters Osprey solo, a Wenonah Adirondack tandem, and just recently added a Swift Cruiser 17.8.

I remember it was March 10, I think 1987 or 1988, Dante, South Dakota. Most people I knew didn't have disposable income, but my friend's Dad was a banker, and had acquired an aluminum canoe at some point in time. I don't know exactly what it was, but it accommodated my friend and I, my next...