Single Trip Carry Portage Techniques

Welcome. If the pup reads this you might have (Hades) to pay but, then again, it'd be worth it to have him reading. We should all read more.

Glenn will be along shortly. I'm sure there's a way to change username. Maybe "... w/Cerberus"

Seeker said:

Steve,
So sorry for the ridiculously late response... Just now saw it. Yes, that is a West Marine CO2 inflatable PFD.

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Well, it took me just as long to notice your answer, so.....thanks.

I think it's a great idea, and I think I'm going to adopt it for some trips.

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PortageWithCerberus said:

Canoe is 24 pounds bare (17' solo)

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Very curious, what canoe is that?

PortageWithCerberus said:

I see I picked a username one character too long!

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Your username is rather long. If you want to shorten or otherwise change it, just DM me. I can easily do that. Better to do it earlier than later if you're going to continue to post here, as we all hope you will.

Glenn MacGrady said:

PWC, welcome to site membership! Feel free to ask any questions and to post messages, photos and videos, and to start threads, in our many forums. Please read Welcome to CanoeTripping and Site Rules! Many of the site's technical features are explained in Features: Help and How-To Running Thread. We look forward to your participation in our canoe community.



Very curious, what canoe is that?



Your username is rather long. If you want to shorten or otherwise change it, just DM me. I can easily do that. Better to do it earlier than later if you're going to continue to post here, as we all hope you will.

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Hi Glenn!

It's a Savager River Blackwater. Great as a fast tripper, though it has the expected handling of a boat that long with zero rocker.

Will DM re: username.

Cheers

for group trips, I invite my son and his college friends - competitive swimmers, weightlifters, marathon runners, and a soccer player who is the toughest of all, she runs the portage..
then I dawdle along with the lightest canoe ;-)
with my wife, she likes to pack heavy and take lots of clothes etc, so we don't even attempt it.

not yet done solo, I have a 40lb Wenonah, my backpack for an overnight backpacking trip with food is 25lb. That includes a 1 lb REI camp chair, at my age I consider it worth it. In my head I think I can still carry 70-80lb, at least for the shorter portages.. if I actually get to retire at the end of the year, hope to test this out. If not, I'm retired, I'll take all day to portage if I want to .. ha.

I've split off the burgeoning and very interesting tangent between @PortageW/Cerberus and @yknpdlr about "Long, Fast Solo Canoes" into its own topic by that name, here: