Title: Re: Help choosing a canoe...
Post by solotripper on Mar 20th, 2020 at 9:32pm
Jimbo wrote on Mar 20th, 2020 at 9:26pm:
TomT wrote on Feb 15th, 2020 at 3:49pm:
portage dog wrote on Feb 14th, 2020 at 10:05pm: Jimbo and Wally13 did take on some water in that big ol' Souris River (and it IS big) on day 1, but that Magic stayed bone dry...just sayin'! Then again, maybe it wasn't the canoe, rather the load! :D
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I think I have a solution for Mike and Jimbo's "Barge" :D
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Not sure how I missed this post & thread from way-back-when but I did.
TomT, please be advised that I have previously OWNED one of those stabilizer kits AND the rowing kit that came with it! Bought it at Spring Creek, too.
You know the stabilizers/outriggers worked great on the water BUT, I'm telling you, they were a real pain-in-the-ass to portage while still attached to the canoe! My other issue with them... well, with the whole "rowing rig" was that I was ALWAYS ROWING BACKWARDS! While that might work OK in a canal or a wind-less day, it truly sucks on big water when you can't gauge the wave that's rolling at you. I felt like I was in the big surf on the north end of Kauai during their "big wave" season! I wasn't really in danger of capsizing. It was more the "bath of surprise" thing going on, smashing into those waves.
Anyway, it was quite the experience. I paddled that way for a couple years, in fact. Then, I decided that "canoeing" was not meant to be done that way.
Thanks for the tip. Been there, done that! Just another blip in a long list of misadventures in the wilderness.
Jimbo 8-)
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I could see this working on trips where you stayed on one lake, like Pickerel. I could see it working for a couple too. ;) ;D ;D You know where the guy is driving/rowing and his better half is TELLING him where to go. :-? ;) ;D ;D
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