Some thing "new"...

[Canotrouge]

A nice write up on canoe polling http://theadventurer.ca/poling-a-canoe/

 

[yellowcanoe]

That is a very nice article and thanks for posting! To see Harry do the "rock-a-copter " is amazing in that he has had hip replacement. He is a fixture at Maine Canoe Symposium in June and offers quite a few clinics there

 

[Murat V]

Thanks for posting. Luke McNair is sure talented...the ocean surfing with a pole is pretty wild!

 

[Steve in Idaho]

Great article!

I do most of my eddy turns a little differently than he describes. IIRC, it's described well in Harry Rock's book. Starts with the pole in a kayak grip sweeping on the downstream side, then extending that same end across the bow and into the eddy flow using the same grip. Even with a low-rocker boat, it really pulls you in and around. Sometimes pulls you out of the boat when learning it.

I haven't had the nerve to make a real effort at the Rock-a-Copter yet.

 

[Canotrouge]

Great article!

I do most of my eddy turns a little differently than he describes. IIRC, it's described well in Harry Rock's book. Starts with the pole in a kayak grip sweeping on the downstream side, then extending that same end across the bow and into the eddy flow using the same grip. Even with a low-rocker boat, it really pulls you in and around. Sometimes pulls you out of the boat when learning it.

I haven't had the nerve to make a real effort at the Rock-a-Copter yet.

Do you have a title or link to that book Steve??

 

[Steve in Idaho]

Hurry - only 6 left!

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[Steve in Idaho]

Or you can get used copies of his first book. It's almost the same info as the current book, but without the photos and a few minor additions.

http://www.amazon.com/Basic-Essenti...TF8&qid=1459280710&sr=8-3&keywords=harry+rock

 

[Canotrouge]

thank you!

 

[dave0]

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Doing the Rock A Copter over the thwart on the Blackwater River, NH. Not to hard to do and to date I haven't fallen in.

 

[memaquay]

Just ordered The Basic Essentials of Canoe Poling. Good old Canoetripping.net, always keeping my credit cards busy!

 

[Guest]

Just ordered The Basic Essentials of Canoe Poling. Good old Canoetripping.net, always keeping my credit cards busy!

Mem,

Fred Klingenger’s excellent Closet Rod Canoe Pole tutorial is worth a look if you are interested in building a first pole.

http://www.brockeng.com/AmusingRaven/pole.htm

I’m not a poler, but I’ve built a couple of those for my sons and friends, and it is an easy and inexpensive project. The hardest part is finding a decent closet rod pole. I checked them for grain and knots as suggested, and I also put one end on the floor at a 45 and tried to bend them; there was a huge difference in resistance and rigidity, even between similarly dense, straight grained closet rods.

I believe that Fred (or someone?) had a similar tutorial on building an aluminum pole. I built a couple of those as well, one from Texas Tower’s radio antenna struts and one from a flotsam-found aluminum sail boom.

 

[Guest]

Building a two piece aluminum canoe pole

https://ravensjester.smugmug.com/Boats/How-To/Building-a-Two-piece-Aluminum/