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I'm thinking about getting short solo canoe. I'm more of a river-runner than a playboater, but I want to be able ... Any thoughts on whether a Shacho, Blink or something else would makes the most sense. I've paddled (briefly) the Shacho a couple of times, but I haven't been in the ...

... bikes quite a bit, and seems to like challenges, but still, a big guy. Short term question, I have a CC Bulldog, which I find super friendly at my 200 lb (90 kg) but I've got no sense of how it would work for a complete beginner at the higher weight. I can probably ...

I don't think something that short is going to be particularly stable in a squirt when compared to a slalom boat, ... as your turn slows you have to balance against.... I hope that makes some kind of sense outside of my head!

Common sense had escaped me again so I put in centre thwarts in several short boats over time but... I put them over top of the pedestal seat, having notched it out. I thought I was stiffening ...

... more of the paddle in the water. If it goes too deep then yes, a shorter stick may make sense. A GENERAL guideline for paddle length is that when you sitting in your boat the distance ...

... beginners, since they can't get an idea of a boats capacities in a a short run. Some real nice suggestions have been made (probably some others ... you like and dislike in a boat, you can try and buy. That makes more sense in my opinion. Good luck with your boat-hunting!!

I sense an underlying difference in how people manage the boats under them. And I think it has ... be somewhere around 12 or 13 feet, with almost everyone opting for tight outfitting for short boats, and most accepting loose outfitting for long boats. For borderline cases, the ...

It had been two and a half years sense I had taken more than a day or two off. The last time I had multiple days off ... and place we stayed was top notch. My only complaint was that the trip was too short. This was the second time that someone in the boating world had save me from ...

... just got it in the right places. The Force is fast, fast for a short boat, and definitely faster than the Taureau. The Force OC1 resurfaces ... when going from eddy to eddy. I hope the above was helpful and made sense. It's hard to do a comparison from my distant memory! If there's anything ...

... Makao (and nearly anything from Galasport :D )? And what about those short, pointy "wings" on some C-1s? edit: Definitely early 80's. I found ... that is not a place you go paddling during the day. It makes perfect sense that the pointy end is the bow, the only thing that confuses me is ...

... week's worth of paddling to really get a boat figured out, so for me a short demo or even one run in a boat doesn't make much sense. There have been time when I've hopped in a boat and been able to tell I didn't like ...

... first thread that you linked to) The platform on that boat is pretty short so it made sense to offset the saddles. The whole thing was an interesting project. Harder chines, better ...

... for people to see and learn from regarding the actual useage of a short OC. From my perspective and from what I've learned over the years the ... people to use the water, the rivers features and their own river sense more than anything else... especially "speed".

My response would be "In the cosmic sense, aren't we all just jokes?" And then peel out of the eddy while they are lost ... wrote the rules intended to keep it distinct as a discipline when they allowed short boats; really didn't see what's been happening of late coming...

Yes, Kneal... I'm in for anything, the steeper the better. Make sense to hit the Savage Saturday because we're going to be right there. Hopefully ... well. We ran Bear Creek in Friendsville last year, and thats a great short run too. I'd also be willing to show a crew down the Top Yough. Or really ...