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I have two of them, always wished I had got another when they were still available. But $295 for frame only is a bit steep as a thrid spare when my primary frame and bag are still doing well and in good shape. I have many bushwhack miles on mine under my Hornbeck and other canoes, including a...

There is a famous video from Binghamton NY at the Rock Bottom Dam where over a two day period, three would-be rescue firefighters drowned trying to rescue a couple of rafters who went over the dam and got caught in the washing machine turbulence. Google it if you want to see it. The tragic video...

For over 30 years I have been an instructor for BSA high adventure trek leader guides. For 8 days each June BSA has a program (Voyageurs) at a formal National Campiing School where we teach students in the classroom and also in their field experience qualification. I was never myself formally...

Since I am a canoe racer, I use a carbon bent for that, and since much of my time on the water is spent in training for racing, I am almost always using a bent and or otherwise will have one with me. However, i do have a selection of well-made straight tail shaped thin blade wood paddles that I...

i have accumulated several thousand miles as a marathon race bow paddler, including training. A high percentage of those miles is in the bow of a long boat voyageur canoe with 5-6 paddlers seated behind me, mostly well experienced paddlers who well know each other. If ever there is a new...

You do kknow of course, that another name for a canoe is a "divorce boat". One more thing that may help. If you have bench seats, then when you each paddle on the opposiste sides, as you should, make sure that each paddler is sitting with hip tight up against the paddling side of the canoe. It...

Following up with what gumpus advised, let the bow paddler provide gentle strokes just to keep some forward motion. The stern paddler should put his/her paddle in as a rudder. Grip hand thumb up as a "goon" rudder, or thumb down as part of a proper "J" stroke. With the blade perpendicular to...

I can highly recommend this video by my friend, Caleb Davis on flatwater paddling. it is not highly technical like some others you will encounter online, save those fancy freestyle techniques for later (Caleb is an expert in those too). But in this introductory video Caleb will get you to know...

Sorry to hear that about your waterway. As a member of the Board of Directors for my lake association, I recently joined the NY Federation of Lake Associations (NYSFOLA.org), a not-for-profit coalition of lake associations, individuals, and corporate members dedicated to the protection and...

Gumpus, that Black Bart label struck me as very familiar. I alao have a 52" Black Bart paddle that has taken me on many Adirondack 90 mile races and was the first paddle I used on the Yukon River races in a voyageur canoe. I ordered my paddle from Black Bart ( Bud Moll) and heard that he was...

I use an assortment of GRE 12 degree bent carbon paddles for racing and training. They are very similar in size, weight and shape to ZREs, but usually somewhat less expensive. I have sizes anywhere from 48" to 52" overall length. Which one iI use depends on which of several different canoes I am...

My only issue with the Outback, vs the Forester, is the Outback has a relatively low sitting veiw, including from the driver's seat. My first subie was a 2004 outback, which we loved for several years with few problems. I hesitated and delayed at replacing it when the new models had that...

Unlike my previous Subarus, in my 2024 Wilderness Forester and may wife's 2024 Limited Forester, both have normal and optional 'sport" mode drive settings. Plus if I pull a paddle behind the left side of the steering wheel, I get a burst of speed for passing. A right paddle pull returns me to...

The Adirondack Lake Survey Corporation compleeted a lake survey decades ago, going back to the days of high acid rain content. Although extremely dated, the basic physical characteristics and map location with depth contours probably haven't changed much. I wouldn't count on the chemical...

Most likely the "7 carries", and there is also a somewhat longer "9 carries" version of the same route. To reiterate, get off the main trails and seek remoteness in the less traveled wild interiors. Small pond linked to small pond. It may take some skills and determination that many others...

Have you bushwhacked land or waterways to ponds in some of the nether regions of the Pepperbox, Five ponds, or Pegeon Lake Wilderness areas of the Western Adriondacks?. Much of the adjoining Wild Forest lands are just as remote and isolated, if that is what you are looking for. Granted, those...

I like my seats high for single blade canoe paddling (highly dislike using a kayak paddle in a canoe). When I bought my PB Rapidfire a decade ago, I asked Joe Moore to take out the stacked seats back as even the highest stack was not high enough for my liking. I noticed that in Joe's own...

Be sure you get the most current maps available. When I paddled the Yukon, many of the topographic maps, both in Canada and Alaska were hopelessly out of date and especially in the more complex portions of the river the actual river had no resemblance to the map in major ways. Reliance on the...

it's been a few years, but the last time I guided on the Lows-Oswegatchie traverse, we lost count at around 70 beaver dam crossings. Luckily, with high enough water flow most could be paddled directly over, but too many required getting out of the canoe and dragging over. By far, the majority...

My spot was mounted on the bow deck of my voyageur canoe in front of me for each of my five Yukon races including two 1000 milers. Exposed to sun and thunder storms with its patch antenna pointed skyward, except when we were behind high cliff shadow, it never failed to send out our location...