paddlemaker wrote on Jul 28^th, 2010 at 1:51pm:

I remember reading somewhere that an empty canoe anchored offshore is a distress signal.

This just seems silly to me.  You're in distress, a survival situation.  So you're going to anchor your canoe offshore and then what, swim back?  It also just seems wrong to me to take a perfectly good canoe and remove it from your use and risk a storm taking it completely away.

Maybe a throwback from the fur trade days of flotillas of canoes & men.


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i cannot think of a time when youd need a spare RIGHT NOW

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I've been at landings that were much like the picture above.  Drop your paddle there and it's gone for good.
Also, they float away.
For me, one paddle/paddler would be one paddle most of the time.

One other concern.  Porcupines.  Those guys have been known to chew on paddles.  I hear they like the glue in laminates.

Anyone who has used a paddle that has been broken along the shaft knows they're a serious pita.