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Yes, the closest town is Rimini, which is almost uninhabited. You likely put in at just about the same place on the landing's shore as I did 20 years ago with my outrigger, but at a lower water level, off to the right of the boat ramp.

Jim, is that the tent in your avatar, which was set up at the WCHA Assembly right outside my dorm. If so, I spent some hours in it chewing the fat with Jim and others who stopped by, or just people and canoe watching across the college lawn.

Rhollatt, thanks for taking the time to post your trip report, pictures and warning about the water. I didn't know where the BILW was, so after I searched it, I edited the thread title to make the location more specific for search engines and future researchers.

I just read a long thread that Andy started on p.com when he was diagnosed with incurable ALS. He kept posting as the disease got worse and worse. Very brave of him to do that. He got to paddle at least one last time in the Poconos with family members helping him in and out of his kayak. He...

Sparkleberry was my first reaction when I saw that photo, but my mind said, no, what would Gamma be doing way down in South Carolina. The water looks low. Did you put in at Rimini?

Sad news, indeed. @Andy Sz, a passionate sea kayaker, was a fairly active member here for 10 years, after he saw the benefits of owning an open canoe, a Sawyer Summersong he proudly restored. I remember well when he invited me to paddle out to Liberty Island in NYC harbor to watch the Tall...

Bears and guns are always popular topics. There's certainly no rule against discussing them here . . . with civility, of course. Not everyone likes those topics, and the same can be said for many of our varied topics. Some folks like X but not Y, or read W forum but not Z forum. That's why I...

Tryin', thanks for taking the time time to post this trip and its numerous interesting pictures. Is that green mattress a Nemo Roamer XL? Mine was comfy for five nights two weeks ago. Is the mattress on a cot, and if so, what kind and how do you like how that works out? Shouldn't be. The...

I've moved several posts about what leg to push off with and the effect of heeling on forward velocity to a new, separate thread because they have become tangential to the discussion of the GRB Newman Classic canoe and because they are interesting enough to warrant their own thread...

I've moved the posts above from the Thoughts on Grasse River/GRB Newman Classic? thread because they are tangential there and because they pose interesting questions that deserve their own topical thread.

CD, I hope you'll keep participating here, not only for your tripping expertise, but also for you entertaining and unabashed word plays.

I have a Nova Craft Bob Special in my fleet—actually at my daughter's house in Florida—and I'd say similar things about it as Mem did about the NC Pal. However, it's a foot shorter than the Pal at 15', an inch wider at 35", and an inch centrally deeper at 14". Frankly, I don't care for it as a...

A few weeks ago I was paddling my Swift Keewaydin 15 on a lake trip with @Tsuga8 (Alex). Alex asked if I paddle the canoe with a heel to the paddling side. I said no because I don't intentionally do that in any narrow solo canoe; I only intentionally do it when soloing a tandem canoe. However...

Maybe it's Estherville (where?), Iowa.

I find it highly unconvincing to compare the biomechanics of paddling from a seated position with both feet on a foot bar (with or without loops) to the biomechanics of paddling from the high-kneel position of an ICF canoe sprinter. When seated with feet out front on a foot bar (and whether...

I've done the same on all my plastic and composite CanAm canoes except my last one, which I'll explain after the pictures of my SRT and Wildfire with glued-in foam pads. I don't like minicell at all for flat kneeling pads in canoes (it's okay if carved into cups). It's too incompressible and...

Tom, I'm not clear on this because I am not informed on hit & switch racing subtleties. Your push-pull leg technique heels the hull away from the paddle side, but then heels the hull to the other side when you switch paddle sides? So, you are essentially rocking the canoe left and right every 6...

It's a bit of an interesting mystery, but I'm not sure what it could be other than an MGB, given the small number of Blue Hole tandem canoes. Also the measurements do indicate an asymmetry in the depth and rocker, whereas the Blue Hole tandems other than the MGs were symmetrical in those specs...

Large outrigger canoes with sails are believed to have been water crafts that populated the Pacific islands from Asia. In the Pacific region, outriggers are still sailed today in both traditional wood and modern composite builds. If you mean can a modern, composite single person va'a be...

She was a mile off shore in the Peace River. No PFD. Reports don't mention booze or drugs, but I wouldn't be surprised. News report: https://www.winknews.com/news/woman-rescued-after-treading-water-for-12-hours-in-charlotte-harbor/article_073d5187-98ec-4e53-934f-8360a8950f24.html Video...