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This is a 32 mile relay race from Catalina Island to Newport, California. It's a relay because different paddlers switch into the boats at specified distances. Some relay switches are shown. Note that all paddlers use bent shaft paddles and most use a double bend. The Tahitian-style hulls don't...

In the following video, you can see the iceberg calving and causing a mini-tsusami in the harbor: I once enjoyably paddled among and around small icebergs in Portage Lake, Alaska, only to lose my camera with all the pictures of my Alaska trip as I was leaving Portage Creek.

Here's an article on the subject . . . https://paddlingmag.com/skills/how-to-get-kids-into-paddling/ . . . but it would be more interesting to read some advice and experiences from you folks. You can include how you yourselves got interested in canoeing as a kid, and pictures of kids in canoes...

In the following article and video, Marc Ornstein describes and illustrates how to control off-side yaw with a Deep C forward stroke, which is completed with just a mild (or even no) J. The Deep C can also be used to turn the canoe to the on-side. ARTICLE: Improve Your Grade. You can do...

Japanese scientists made dugout canoe using only stone age tools, such as stone axes and fire, to test whether the Pacific Ocean could have been crossed by dugout paddlers, without maps, as long as 50,000 years ago. They succeeded in their 140 mile test paddle across strong Pacific currents...

Cravated coxcombs, lounging ladies in courting canoes, long paddles with beaver blades. Some of the solo paddlers look very skilled with Canadian-type strokes, and one at the very end proves that Omer Stringer, 30 years later, was not the first canoeist to paddle solo heeled to the gunwale...

https://paddlingmag.com/stories/news-events/algonquin-storms-rattle-campers-june-2025/ "For many campers on June 21, 2025 this nightmare was a reality when a sudden storm ripped through southeastern Ontario trapping and injuring campers throughout the region. More than 15,000 were without...

This affects eating everywhere including canoe trips. In my lifetime, I've read so many inconsistent dietary studies, reports and advice, often with clickbait headlines. Things that have been reported to be good and bad, some reversing roles every few years, include: fat protein carbs (which...

Verlen Kruger paddled a canoe over 100,000 miles (160,000 km) in his lifetime, for 11 Guinness world records, and he didn't even start his paddling career until age 41. https://paddlingmag.com/stories/columns/profile/remembering-the-toughest-canoeist-of-all-time/

Never had a hammock, but am intrigued by low their low weight and airiness for summer trips. I'm a side sleeper who rolls over from one side to the other during the night. Can you side sleep that way in a hammock? I visualize being hammocked in the the shape of a banana, which seems only good...

Has anyone ever tried this product from Northstar Canoe or any DIY foam pad for one-shoulder carries? https://www.northstarcanoes.com/product/shoulder-carry-foam-pad/ I'm too lazy to install and remove the Swift screw-in portage yoke for my 29 lb. Keewaydin 15, which has a wide centralized...

". . . one small Missouri city has become a hotspot for people looking to float their way through the Ozarks and has taken ownership of two impressive titles. Noel, Missouri has a tagline on the city's website that reads, 'The Christmas city and Canoeing Capital of the Ozarks.'"...

These guys are said to be going on a Canadian canoe trip trip later this summer. They say they capsized while both doing a "T stroke on one side." The canoe was a 17' Clipper Ranger. PFDs but no bailer.

I'll be there from Tuesday afternoon (7/15) to Sunday morning. Franklin Hall dorm. I'll probably bring my Keewaydin 15 to try to sneak in a half day paddle somewhere.

This video shows some prototype outfitting for a C1 whitewater canoe, including a bench-type seat that pops free and ratchet-tightened thigh straps. A quick release mechanism catapults everything loose so the paddler is not entrapped by the Rube Goldberg-esque contraptions.

43 native American youths are currently paddling the 310 miles of the now free-flowing Klamath River from source to sea. They departed on June 12 and plan to finish by July 11. Here are a press release along with a newspaper article and the website of the organization...

Here is Sue Plankis demonstrating Canadian Style paddling in a wood/canvas tandem canoe. Note that she explains how heeling the canoe not only enhances turns, but also reduces the need for correction by shortening the lever arm between the functional "keel" and the paddle blade. In this next...

Does this happen? Where? And what kind of species? It certainly seems possible. What prompted my interest was THIS ARTICLE on the golden mussels danger to Lake Tahoe. "Last weekend, watercraft inspectors found golden mussels, a highly invasive aquatic species, on a 45-foot boat that was headed...

Pizza is one of my favorite foods, and seemingly a simple one, but I've never seen anyone make it in camp. This article . . . https://paddlingmag.com/skills/how-to-bake-backcountry-pizza/ . . . claims that "[d]one poorly, campfire pizza will have uncooked toppings and half-melted cheese on a...

Hudson's Bay Company, which was North America's oldest company and once owned one-third of Canada, has closed all its stores and shut down. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/featured/2025/06/01/remembering-the-bay Of course, HBC was intimately involved with the spread of canoeing in Canada...