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"Why Adding Ballast Is Efficient For Canoe Tripping" "So, you just bought a lightweight canoe. Good. Now, let’s make it heavier.It seems counter-intuitive, but while the featherweight layup of your canoe is designed to make portaging easier, it might actually be working against you on the water..." Complete story: Paddling Magazine "How To Repair A Kayak" "One of the considerations for deciding which type of material you want your kayak to be made from (wood / rotomold / glass / thermoform / inflatable-folding) should be the extent of damage you might suffer and the subsequent ease of repair - particularly structural damage that critically compromises the integrity of the craft...." Complete story: Paddling.com "Canoeing Into The Wind Solo" "Learn how to paddle into the wind solo by distributing your weight, having the proper trajectory and using the correct strokes in order to paddle as fast and efficient as possible..." Complete story: Paddling.com "Blue Barrel Or Canoe Pack?" "A barrel’s ability to keep cargo safe and dry in whitewater has been evident since 1901, when Annie Taylor stuffed her ruffled dress into a wooden barrel and floated over the lip of Niagara Falls. But what about flatwater trips? Do barrels’ attributes of security and convenience outweigh their uncomfortable, cumbersome and, some would say, ugly nature?..." Complete story: Paddling Magazine "Basic Paddle & Arm Signals" "There are many different ways to communicate. One of the more reliable ways of doing so is with paddle or arm signals. Your paddle or arms can be seen over farther distance than hand signals and noise cannot drown them out..." Complete story: Paddling.com "19 Deadly Sins A Canoe Tripper Should Avoid" "I’m not a perfect canoe tripper. I’ve sat on my life jacket at the campsite, used my bailer bucket as a pee bottle, stuck the blade of my paddle in the sand, and pitched my tent under a gnarly dead tree. I’ve mocked someone else’s gear, giggled at skinny dippers..." Complete story: Paddling Magazine "Feathered Vs. Unfeathered Kayak Paddles" "I got started with a feathered kayak paddle because that’s what everyone around me was using, but it wasn’t long before I realized there were a whole bunch of people who thought unfeathered paddles were the way to go. I wanted to know who was right..." Complete story: Paddling Magazine
"So, you just bought a lightweight canoe. Good. Now, let’s make it heavier.It seems counter-intuitive, but while the featherweight layup of your canoe is designed to make portaging easier, it might actually be working against you on the water..."
"One of the considerations for deciding which type of material you want your kayak to be made from (wood / rotomold / glass / thermoform / inflatable-folding) should be the extent of damage you might suffer and the subsequent ease of repair - particularly structural damage that critically compromises the integrity of the craft...."
"Learn how to paddle into the wind solo by distributing your weight, having the proper trajectory and using the correct strokes in order to paddle as fast and efficient as possible..."
"A barrel’s ability to keep cargo safe and dry in whitewater has been evident since 1901, when Annie Taylor stuffed her ruffled dress into a wooden barrel and floated over the lip of Niagara Falls. But what about flatwater trips? Do barrels’ attributes of security and convenience outweigh their uncomfortable, cumbersome and, some would say, ugly nature?..."
"There are many different ways to communicate. One of the more reliable ways of doing so is with paddle or arm signals. Your paddle or arms can be seen over farther distance than hand signals and noise cannot drown them out..."
"I’m not a perfect canoe tripper. I’ve sat on my life jacket at the campsite, used my bailer bucket as a pee bottle, stuck the blade of my paddle in the sand, and pitched my tent under a gnarly dead tree. I’ve mocked someone else’s gear, giggled at skinny dippers..."
"I got started with a feathered kayak paddle because that’s what everyone around me was using, but it wasn’t long before I realized there were a whole bunch of people who thought unfeathered paddles were the way to go. I wanted to know who was right..."