knafelc wrote on Nov 27^th, 2011 at 3:22am:

This is probably an affront to you highly experienced and now advanced trippers,...but what is there to know about soloing in a tandom ?  I bet most of "Y'all" have some sort of experiennce with this.

My last three trips were using borrowed solos. Before that, I always just used my tandem. Portaging is easier with the lighter solos and I found can paddle into more wind with a solo but beyond that, paddling a tandem works great. On day trips in my tandem I set a 40# bag of water up front for better trim.