Some things i just dont understand...... I have an Old Town Discovery 158 that seems very stable, even in rough water. If I wanted to tip it, it would. But I'd really have to lean to one side and get a good portion of my body outside the gunnels. At the beginning of each season I go to a shallow lake with nice sandy bottom to get reacquainted with my canoe. I'll try to get it to tip as much as i can to one side. I can always 'feel' that point of no return. The canoe wants to tip back again until a certain point. I like to get a feel for that point of no return.
Watching some of the YouTube videos of canoes tipping over, some of those seem to just roll over without the canoeist do anything wrong? One example is a Coleman canoe that would roll over even the the 2 people in it stayed centered, perfectly still, and didnt move a muscle. The canoe just could not stay upright. Now, I used to own the same kind of Coleman canoe, and to get it to tip wasnt too easy.
Maybe some people are just not meant to be in a canoe. Maybe my day will come. But if I do ever tip, I think it will be because i did something stupid. Or because the carp tipped me over.
Watching some of the YouTube videos of canoes tipping over, some of those seem to just roll over without the canoeist do anything wrong? One example is a Coleman canoe that would roll over even the the 2 people in it stayed centered, perfectly still, and didnt move a muscle. The canoe just could not stay upright. Now, I used to own the same kind of Coleman canoe, and to get it to tip wasnt too easy.
Maybe some people are just not meant to be in a canoe. Maybe my day will come. But if I do ever tip, I think it will be because i did something stupid. Or because the carp tipped me over.