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Can’t help but notice your paddling partner is just laying there like a bump on a log… Anyone not pulling their weight like that in my boat would have to split. I’d tell them to make like a tree and… I’ll see myself out… All jokes aside I have heard of using firewood as ballast but just one...

Good points Glenn, as always. Didn’t mean to imply it was possibly competition for faster boats like a Keewaydin, just found the comments on its “surprising” speed interesting. All my paddling is downriver so “fast enough” for Tim is potentially fast enough for me as well, but is of course a...

The numbers sure do make it look slow but I also keep reading reviews like the one from Tim Burris that say this sort of thing: “ I had read the reviews about how the Baboosic was surprisingly fast on flat water. I was skeptical, but was also surprised the first time I took it out on the lake...

I thought the Merrimack’s were right up there with them, albeit a completely different animal, and very traditional designs. I love the traditional wood rib look though. They are now offering innegra and infusion as well, though still gel coated. Had a really good conversation with Todd from...

If you find out please post it somewhere, I’ve been looking for the same thing. Also trying to find out if there’s an advantage/disadvantage to their “textreme” other than appearance (i.e. better/worse abrasion resistance, etc?)

Just wanted to add to this thread some info from Canoecopia: -The P15 solo will probably not be launched until next year per Swift. -Jeremy Vore is right in the Swift video when he says the marketing media doesn’t capture the subtle flare carried into the bow of the DF15. In person it looks...

I agree with what @Tryin’ said above, and will add that the rep I talked to stressed the new infusion/innegra was really about maintaining the light weights they are known, for but with more color availability. I asked if there were plans to use innegra for more durability anywhere and they...

Very helpful insight, thank you!

I always considered the Swift P14 to not be much of a river boat with only 1” of rocker and a shallower depth at midship compared to many competitors’ river offerings such as SRT, Phoenix, Dragonfly, Argosy, Supernova, etc. Because of this I always thought it was more for flatwater/lakes...

Thanks fellas, I’ll be looking these up!

This will be my first time going, excited to check it out. Would like to pick up a couple of paddles maybe, or at least handle them and get a feel for what I want to add to my list for the future. Would like to have another Badger paddle in a different wood maybe, and would also like to look...

Interesting. I grew up going to lakes in Illinois every weekend in the summer, with skiing as the main activity and still go fairly often, and I have never seen any pfd’s exactly like the ones I posted. Must not be popular around here. I only ever see the traditional recreational pfd’s with...

I too am interested in longer jackets, that are ideally less bulky. So I started searching and came across these that may fit some of your criteria. They are not designed for paddling, but rather for wake boarding or jet ski racing. Those sports also require mobility as a key feature, and...

This is a good point and I have worried about this too. I would be surprised if the seats were sealed at the ends. I meant to do a better job of sealing the center seat ends before install as well, so at some point I will probably pull all of them and varnish the ends just to be safe. I...

Finally got to go try out the new seat with a short float on Current River. Overall I liked it a lot. The higher seat height is way more comfortable for me. There’s just a lot more I can do with my legs now aside from just straight out in front. Very easy to kneel as well. Also, as it turns...