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Some press of a recent canoe trip around the Salton Sea in California. Pretty novel. https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/salton-sea-paddling-canoe-trip-photos-sicco-rood

100 years of Prospectors

This piqued my interest as the canoe was sailing in my old stomping grounds in Alaska. Hawaiian sailing canoe in Alaska Here's some info on the canoe itself: Hawaiian sailing canoe, and on Pacific sailing canoes in general Pacific sailing canoes. According to Dr. Wiki, they've been used for...

Is it "sit and switch" or "hit and switch"? I've always called it sit and switch, cuz that's exactly what you're doing, sitting and switching. Where did hit and switch come from? When calling switches, no one says "hit"--"hut" or "hup" is a more efficient call, so it must not be from calling...

I just came across this video of Clint Waddell and Verlen Kruger's trip across Canada and Alaska--1971 Cross Continent Canoe Safari. I've only started watching it. Never Before, Never Again

I just came across this. The fellow has some neat mods--novel spray decking, rigging, and a cut down Wenonah Voyager!

Here's an excellent piece on why Wenonah canoes are the way they are, and provides a good discussion of sit-and-switch paddling. https://kitchi-gami.com/

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Canoe built out of mushrooms. Stir-fry every night!

I just came across this--really neat!

I have a trip coming up where I'll be using commercial (both international and local) aircraft to access. I'm concerned about how to manage paddles--I'll be taking a straight wood and a carbon bentshaft. I doubt a conventional paddle bag (e.g. Wenonah) would protect them adequately--especially...