QuietJourney Forums - Poll: do you carry a spare canoe paddle?

Guest Message

Hi there Guest,

It looks like you are enjoying reading our forum, so why don't you register an account with us to stop seeing this message and benefit from many more features. Registration is easy and will only take you a few minutes.

If you already have an account with us, then click here to log in.

Thank you,

db

(Moderators: paddlemaker, db)

‹ Previous Topic | Next Topic ›

Poll

Question: Do you carry a spare canoe paddle?


Always Sometimes Never I carry a spare but I have never needed it. I carry a spare and I have needed to use it. I don't carry a spare and I have never needed it. I don't carry a spare and I have needed one. « Created by: Rocky on: Jul 17^th, 2010 at 2:18am »

Pages: 1 2 [3] 4 5

Send Topic

Poll: do you carry a spare canoe paddle? (Read 21279 times)

paddlemaker Moderator Inukshuk Offline Posts: 391 Location: Appleton, WI Joined: Sep 27^th, 2002	Re: Poll: do you carry a spare canoe paddle? Reply #20 - Jul 28^th, 2010 at 1:51pm	Quote Print Post
	I remember reading somewhere that an empty canoe anchored offshore is a distress signal. I can see why it's required in that regard. I don't understand how it replaces a paddle, though.


	IP Logged

mastertangler Inukshuk Offline Posts: 3111 Location: florida Joined: Feb 1^st, 2010	Re: Poll: do you carry a spare canoe paddle? Reply #21 - Aug 5^th, 2010 at 2:09pm	Quote Print Post
	My carbon fiber paddle comes in at 10 oz.. After setting it down (on top of some pipe foam insulation of course) to make a cast I have had many times where the wind wanted to deprive me of it. Once I caught it out of mid-air. Spare paddle for solos? Oh yea! My spare is a plastic/aluminum from cabelas. I lash it lengthwise to a long sealine dry bag and it becomes a handy handle as I portage.


	WWW IP Logged

jaximus Senior Member Offline Posts: 343 Location: wisconsin Joined: May 12^th, 2010	Re: Poll: do you carry a spare canoe paddle? Reply #22 - Aug 5^th, 2010 at 2:53pm	Quote Print Post
	we carry one spare paddle per group, a tiny collapsible plastic one that would be horrible to actually paddle with. but it is just in case, and we havent ever needed a spare. i cannot think of a time when youd need a spare RIGHT NOW. plus paddles float if you manage to drop it, and we always do tandem canoes so one paddle should be enough to move the canoe to pick up the lost one. on a further note, if someone broke one of my paddles, bending branches rock guard tip bent-shafts, i would certainly kill them. therefore i could use their paddle if i needed the spare.


	IP Logged

Preacher Contributer Subscriber Offline Posts: 1327 Location: COTU Joined: Apr 10^th, 2010	Re: Poll: do you carry a spare canoe paddle? Reply #23 - Aug 5^th, 2010 at 9:19pm	Quote Print Post
	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. Quote: i cannot think of a time when youd need a spare RIGHT NOW (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) 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.


	IP Logged

Fishpig Inukshuk Offline Posts: 96 Location: Cambridge MN Joined: Apr 7^th, 2009	Re: Poll: do you carry a spare canoe paddle? Reply #24 - Aug 6^th, 2010 at 2:35am	Quote Print Post
	paddling solo, I always my favorite bending branches viper and (I don't care who knows,) a bending branches adjustable length kayak paddle. It breaks down for portaging. So I guess I have three paddles with me. So I use a kayak paddle, please don't whine.


	IP Logged

mastertangler Inukshuk Offline Posts: 3111 Location: florida Joined: Feb 1^st, 2010	Re: Poll: do you carry a spare canoe paddle? Reply #25 - Aug 6^th, 2010 at 11:48am	Quote Print Post
	jaximus wrote on Aug 5^th, 2010 at 2:53pm: on a further note, if someone broke one of my paddles, bending branches rock guard tip bent-shafts, i would certainly kill them. therefore i could use their paddle if i needed the spare. HA! Good one! How's it going Jax? Read your trip report......sounded like a good time. I looked at the bending branches paddles in Piragis when in Ely last month. They felt nice. I'll probably get one even though I'm still in love with my Zav (although I can easily picture doing 10 or 12 hours with the bending branches too). Perhaps I'll start out using it when I'm fishing....the wind wants to take my Zav away at times.


	WWW IP Logged

pikeman Inukshuk Offline Posts: 26 Location: Canton, Ohio Joined: Dec 16^th, 2005	Re: Poll: do you carry a spare canoe paddle? Reply #26 - Aug 24^th, 2010 at 1:41am	Quote Print Post
	I have always followed the one extra paddle for every two canoes rule. In 19 years of trips, we have only needed the extra paddle once. Ironically, it was this year when I stepped and broke a nice wooden paddle. The humerous part is that we were day tripping with two canoes and forgot the extra paddle. My 10 year old son enjoyed the long row home from the bow as I did all of the paddling while he got to watch the sunset. It was interesting to note that paddling my SR17 solo from the stern I was able to keep pace with my brother and my son's 10 year old friend with no problem (they were in a Old Town Guide canoe that goes ~ 75 lbs).


	IP Logged

moosewatcher Ex Member	Re: Poll: do you carry a spare canoe paddle? Reply #27 - Aug 27^th, 2010 at 2:23pm	Quote Print Post
	I carry a straight paddle for my spare and use a bent shaft as my principle paddle. However, in narrow streams or light rapids, I bring out the straight paddle. My preference is a Beaver Tail but need to replace my old Sawyer because it was lost when I loaned it out. Live and learn.


	IP Logged

monjon Senior Member Offline Posts: 342 Joined: Jan 29^th, 2004	Re: Poll: do you carry a spare canoe paddle? Reply #28 - Aug 27^th, 2010 at 3:23pm	Quote Print Post
	I have carried one with me every time I paddle and have never needed to use it...until this week. I was out paddling solo on a local lake I hadn't ever been on and I was checking the water depth using the paddle when it popped out of my hand. It went behind me and the wind pushed the canoe forward. Grabbed the spare and all was well.


	IP Logged

UPBoy Inukshuk Offline Posts: 4 Joined: Feb 16^th, 2007	Re: Poll: do you carry a spare canoe paddle? Reply #29 - Aug 27^th, 2010 at 11:17pm	Quote Print Post
	I alway carry a spare. I spent a lot of money for a 12 oz carbon fiber paddle so I don't like using it around landings. When we get close to landing or in a shallow rocky area I put easily scratched paddle down and grab my good old standby wood straight shaft paddle. I also worry about my fancy paddle getting stepped on and broke so I carry a spare for that reason.


	IP Logged

Pages: 1 2 [3] 4 5

Send Topic

‹ Previous Topic | Next Topic ›