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  1. Glenn MacGrady

    Zoom Earth—Live, Interactive, Worldwide Weather Maps and Forecasts

    I like the detailed weather info on this website (and app), so I'm going to leave it up as a featured thread for a while. https://zoom.earth/
  2. Glenn MacGrady

    The International Whitewater Hall of Fame

    "Every two years, the International Whitewater Hall of Fame honors the world’s most accomplished whitewater Pioneers, Explorers, Champions, and Advocates." https://iwhof.org/ I've never heard of many of the inductees, especially the European ones. There seem to be some significant omissions...
  3. Glenn MacGrady

    97° F (36° C), 108° F (42° C) RealFeel, in NW Connecticut

    Right now, 4:44 pm. Just last week, camping in the Adirondacks, I was cold at night in the mid-40s F because I hadn't brought any warm clothes. Too hot, too cold, are the wages of getting old. Maybe I should move to San Diego, where it's always sunny and perfect room temperature. C'mon...
  4. Glenn MacGrady

    PaddleStats website: a massive North American racing database

    Just discovered this website database that documents, historically, both flatwater and whitewater racing results in North America. It is quite extensive in geographical and chronological scope, but since it probably relies on self-reporting, who knows how complete it is...
  5. Glenn MacGrady

    Collinsville Swift Demo Day w/ Bill Swift: July 27, 2025

    There is a summer 2025 Swift Demo Day with Bill Swift at Collinsville Canoe & Kayak in Canton, Connecticut, on Sunday July 27 from 10-4. https://www.collinsvillecanoe.com/swift-canoe--kayak-demo-days---collinsville-canoe--kayak.htm Here are the Swift canoes and kayaks that Collinsville has in...
  6. Glenn MacGrady

    Outrigger Racing: The Wild Buffalo Relay across the Catalina Channel

    This is a 32 mile relay race from Catalina Island to Newport, California. It's a relay because different paddlers switch into the boats at specified distances. Some relay switches are shown. Note that all paddlers use bent shaft paddles and most use a double bend. The Tahitian-style hulls don't...
  7. Glenn MacGrady

    Monster Icebergs: Don't put in at Innaarsuit, Greenland

    In the following video, you can see the iceberg calving and causing a mini-tsusami in the harbor: I once enjoyably paddled among and around small icebergs in Portage Lake, Alaska, only to lose my camera with all the pictures of my Alaska trip as I was leaving Portage Creek.
  8. Glenn MacGrady

    Getting Kids into Canoeing

    Here's an article on the subject . . . https://paddlingmag.com/skills/how-to-get-kids-into-paddling/ . . . but it would be more interesting to read some advice and experiences from you folks. You can include how you yourselves got interested in canoeing as a kid, and pictures of kids in canoes...
  9. Glenn MacGrady

    The Deep C Forward Stroke

    In the following article and video, Marc Ornstein describes and illustrates how to control off-side yaw with a Deep C forward stroke, which is completed with just a mild (or even no) J. The Deep C can also be used to turn the canoe to the on-side. ARTICLE: Improve Your Grade. You can do...
  10. Glenn MacGrady

    Dugout made with Stone Age tools migrates across ocean

    Japanese scientists made dugout canoe using only stone age tools, such as stone axes and fire, to test whether the Pacific Ocean could have been crossed by dugout paddlers, without maps, as long as 50,000 years ago. They succeeded in their 140 mile test paddle across strong Pacific currents...
  11. Glenn MacGrady

    Edison Film: Canoeing on the Charles River in 1904

    Cravated coxcombs, lounging ladies in courting canoes, long paddles with beaver blades. Some of the solo paddlers look very skilled with Canadian-type strokes, and one at the very end proves that Omer Stringer, 30 years later, was not the first canoeist to paddle solo heeled to the gunwale...
  12. Glenn MacGrady

    Massive storms cause damage and injuries in Algonquin Provincial Park

    https://paddlingmag.com/stories/news-events/algonquin-storms-rattle-campers-june-2025/ "For many campers on June 21, 2025 this nightmare was a reality when a sudden storm ripped through southeastern Ontario trapping and injuring campers throughout the region. More than 15,000 were without...
  13. Glenn MacGrady

    Food fads and contradictory dietary advice/studies

    This affects eating everywhere including canoe trips. In my lifetime, I've read so many inconsistent dietary studies, reports and advice, often with clickbait headlines. Things that have been reported to be good and bad, some reversing roles every few years, include: fat protein carbs (which...
  14. Glenn MacGrady

    Verlen Kruger: The Toughest Canoeist of All Time

    Verlen Kruger paddled a canoe over 100,000 miles (160,000 km) in his lifetime, for 11 Guinness world records, and he didn't even start his paddling career until age 41. https://paddlingmag.com/stories/columns/profile/remembering-the-toughest-canoeist-of-all-time/
  15. Glenn MacGrady

    Can you side sleep in a hammock?

    Never had a hammock, but am intrigued by low their low weight and airiness for summer trips. I'm a side sleeper who rolls over from one side to the other during the night. Can you side sleep that way in a hammock? I visualize being hammocked in the the shape of a banana, which seems only good...
  16. Glenn MacGrady

    Foam block pad for one-shoulder carries

    Has anyone ever tried this product from Northstar Canoe or any DIY foam pad for one-shoulder carries? https://www.northstarcanoes.com/product/shoulder-carry-foam-pad/ I'm too lazy to install and remove the Swift screw-in portage yoke for my 29 lb. Keewaydin 15, which has a wide centralized...
  17. Glenn MacGrady

    The "Canoeing Capital Of The Ozarks"

    ". . . one small Missouri city has become a hotspot for people looking to float their way through the Ozarks and has taken ownership of two impressive titles. Noel, Missouri has a tagline on the city's website that reads, 'The Christmas city and Canoeing Capital of the Ozarks.'"...
  18. Glenn MacGrady

    Puget Sound Ferry Rescues Capsized Canoeists

    These guys are said to be going on a Canadian canoe trip trip later this summer. They say they capsized while both doing a "T stroke on one side." The canoe was a 17' Clipper Ranger. PFDs but no bailer.
  19. Glenn MacGrady

    Who's going to the 2025 WCHA Assembly?

    I'll be there from Tuesday afternoon (7/15) to Sunday morning. Franklin Hall dorm. I'll probably bring my Keewaydin 15 to try to sneak in a half day paddle somewhere.
  20. Glenn MacGrady

    C1 detachable bench seat and ratchet thigh straps

    This video shows some prototype outfitting for a C1 whitewater canoe, including a bench-type seat that pops free and ratchet-tightened thigh straps. A quick release mechanism catapults everything loose so the paddler is not entrapped by the Rube Goldberg-esque contraptions.
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