solotripper wrote on Jul 7^th, 2010 at 5:51pm:

Quote: Here's a little different take on the subject. Joe has a lot too say about many things. He's a dealer for SR, so bear that in mind. He's opinionated for sure, but makes a lot of sense with his arguments, for or against. He has a whole section devoted too his experience/opinions on most every subject dealing with canoes and tripping. If nothing else you'll get a different view on some things, can't hurt too here as many opinions while looking for what fits you.   (You need to Login or Register Interesting article. There are more strokes than the forward stroke & the J.  A lot more. The ship analogy fails miserably as a canoe is not a ship.  No room for the engines & screw.  The rudder is immediately behind the screws to direct thrust.  At the bow there are side thrusters for turning.  A ship relates to a canoe maybe in a tandem paddling situation. Get more flat surface beneath you?  Wrong again.  Depending on the canoe you may want to heel the canoe over and get lest surface beneath you, bring more of it out of the water.  Some canoes are designed for hit&switch, some are designed to be heeled. [quote]To sum it all up, I DO have customers who are very skilled paddlers and understand all aspects of canoes, who do paddle solo from the back seat .

None of them with actual credentials.  Simply spending a lot of time in a canoe doesn't make anyone any more an expert than eating a lot of food makes anyone a Cordon Bleu chef.

Sounds to me like Joe is a retailler, not an instructor.


I urge the original poster to pose the question over at   (You need to Login or Register & I suspect you'll get answers from instructors & designers.  Perhaps one who has direct experience with that canoe.