Open canoes, Macquarie River, Australia

[Pea Pod]

Here's some footage of 16ft open canoes on Grade 2 rapids on the Macquarie River, NSW, Australia.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM-uU49QL_Q

We use both bow-cams and bank-cams to capture rapid-running, eddy turns, breaking out, and upstream ferrying.

This video displays the limitations of a flat-keeled, sharp-ended canoe in moving water (Old Town Penobscot 164).

I hope you enjoy it!