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I love your pictures, Black_Fly. I also got out yesterday for my first paddle of 2025 with @Swifty, who was taking his new Swift...

Gotta take advantage of these early season gems. Bogan agrees. When he sees the canoe go up, he becomes a velcro dingo.

Saturday 22nd outing. Leicester River flooded forest. Earliest I've ever been canoeing before, at least in Vermont. I was with a group...

I've had mixed results removing grips but maybe I didn't let it get hot enough.

I just used a heat gun to break down the epoxy bond.

Great idea. I think if ZRE and GRB offered paddles with reinforced blade tips they'd sell a bunch of them. I know I'd buy one.

The price we pay for racing in shallows. :) The full story on these two is that I made some modifications and added a thin, internal...

Did you have to cut the shaft and end up with a shorter paddle or were you able to disconnect the blade and shaft with heat/pressure?

They must not have sold very many of those. A friend of mine bought one used quite a few years ago. I remember researching it at the...

I had a 1985 Whisper (Gen1) in FG for a while. I still maintain, although I have no proof, I could paddle faster in it than my 1997...

I think you're right, you just don't see them around very often. I can only think of one that I definitely knew was a Whisper. One came...

I know what you mean but that can also be a good thing if the charging effort is fairly consistent and maintainable over time, like...

I think that I remember reading that they are a Carbon/Kevlar laminate, but I am not 100% positive on that; my memory banks are filling...

I can't exactly speak for the GRB Classic 15'8" as I have the GRB Classic XL (16'8"), but I can say that the canoe is surprisingly...

Just a few comments tketcham... Overall I think you're wise to look for a boat that fits you. I haven't paddled either GRB (classic or...