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Title: Verlen Kruger - Paddling Icon
Post by Wally13 on Mar 23^rd, 2022 at 1:08pm

Just saw this article about Verlen Kruger in Adventure Journal.

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Title: Re: Verlen Kruger - Paddling Icon
Post by Wally13 on Mar 23^rd, 2022 at 1:22pm

Sorry … the article about paddling icon was published on September 29, 2016. Regardless, probably the greatest canoeist they ever lived. He logged over 100,000 miles in his 41 years of paddling.

Title: Re: Verlen Kruger - Paddling Icon
Post by solotripper on Mar 23^rd, 2022 at 1:50pm

His blending the best of a tripping canoe and sea kayak is what enabled him to take those epic trips.

Title: Re: Verlen Kruger - Paddling Icon
Post by Wally13 on Mar 24^th, 2022 at 3:02pm

Several paddlers that I know who have paddled the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers have used Kruger Seawinds. An awesome boat … expensive and a bit heavy but oh so seaworthy.

A paddler I met in Greenville, MS has a tandem and solo Kruger Seawind

Title: Re: Verlen Kruger - Paddling Icon
Post by solotripper on Mar 24^th, 2022 at 3:54pm

Wally13 wrote on Mar 24^th, 2022 at 3:02pm:

For the type of tripping most of us do the weight would be prohibitive BUT for river trip with short portages and big water trips, that SeaWind is the standard of excellence.