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If I stink in the forest, and there is no one to smell it, do I really stink? Alan

To me, a skeg drops down out of the stern and is adjustable to help with weathercocking. A rudder pivots at the stern on cables...

I did my first WW training in a loaner boat - a Mohawk XL-13. This was me in the rental boat in 2005.

I'd go for one of the Outrages.

That's the last guy who took a canoe class...

This post started with a trip on the Sugar River in NH that I did last year as the only canoe with 20 kayakers. Well, I did the trip...

Yep. I'm familiar with that. :D

Having a skeg definitely makes it easier to paddle my sea kayak in the wind, but being able to adjust it relative to the wind directions...

Momentum is what allows you to go where you want to go, make the moves you want to make, and stay in control - that applies to freestyle...

I like yours better. ;)

Yes - that Staircase rapid is a little bigger than this one. You can see from this how it got its name - a series of river-wide ledges...

That did look like fun. Thanks for sharing! Alan

Looks like a really fun stretch of river and a fun race. We have a famous rapid here called "Staircase" too. Doesn't look quite like...

Nice thing about this race is that there are always people on the banks taking pictures. Here are some shots from the first big drop...