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Gene's health was not good the last time I saw him. He retired from racing the 90 miler 3 years ago.

I do not know Jeremy or know what marathon races he participates in. But every fresh water race I have ever seen or raced has prohibited rudders on canoes.

#25 is on a small peninsula with an open to the lake "frog pond" on the north side. Years ago (1970's ), Several times I would paddle the family in our Grumman to our favorite #25 for a few days with wife and 2 kids and a dog to catch frogs, son would terrorize his younger sister and I would...

I believe we were told that during the shorter 440 mile race, Whitehorse to Dawson City, that there were special permissions for us. We had to have headlamps available, as well as a flashing strobe, but dd not have to have either oprating during the "night". We were more likely to see the Yukon...

Good thing you didn't capsize and fall in the water head first. :cautious:

Your "Bob Senior" would be our "MR. Finkelstein", an equally incompetent scoutmaster doing everything wrong, both as an outdoorsman and as a leader of youth on a wilderness trek. He would be role played in another training scenario either independently or along with a Bobby scenario. I have...

When I taught annual BSA high adventure guide leadership training, another instructor and I would often do oddball role playing scenarios for training. I often played "Bobby", the worst behaving incompetent young scout you could ever imagine. Commonly at a favored campsite, upon returning to...

Coming off the lower dam portage, those stumps can be tricky to negotiate even in daylight hours, especially at racing speed. But during the official race or nearing the end of the Cannonball, at least it is during daylight. During the Yukon River races we are required to carry a flashing...

Try it in heavy fog sometime. My team and I (or just I solo) like to paddle the unofficial Adirondack "cannonball", which is the entire old traditional 90 mile route to be completed all within the same calendar day (as opposed to the official 3- day staged 90 mile race). To do so I like to...

Savage River Blackwater on my 2024 Subaru Forester Wilderness

13 canoes. I still have them all. zero kayaks. I do not speak of kayak.

I was part of a college geology research team in the early 1970's when almost every weekend we visited a certain county in NYS that is practically hollow with extensive cave systems. All wet and muddy, wetsuits required with carbide lamps. as primary lighting, many requiring vertical rope work...

That effect certainly makes a lot of sense to me. I note strongly that when I power ahead and increase the speed in my solo canoes from a slower casual pace, it becomes much easier to maintain straight track with purely single side single blade paddling for any distance. As the pivot point moves...

My wife, with bad arthritic knee and hip joints was forced to switch to an Ebike (Specialized), which does require some minimal pedaling effort to keep the motor going. Especially at the beginning of the season I may have a difficult time keeping up with her on my old fashioned mechanical...

Is that not the definition of a ruddered kayak? A properly accomplished forward power stroke, with prehaps a litle pitch or C thrown in (no need for a maximal "J" or other control mode) will maximize the forward stroke efficiency of the canoe without the need to frequently switch sides for...