Yellowbird wrote on Aug 25^th, 2015 at 9:09pm:


Feels like that's been my luck the last few years. In 2011 my wife and I did a Sept. trip and the weather was probably the best I'll ever have on any canoe trip in my life. That was her first trip, so we were lucky.

Every Sept. trip since then the weather has gone from bad to worse. I'm planning a solo in mid-Sept., and hoping that at least I don't have to fight as much wind as last year. We pulled through a lot of winds that I don't think I'll be able to contend with solo. Here's to playing my odds. 

Ranger wrote on Aug 26^th, 2015 at 12:06am:


That makes 2 of us Ranger. Hopefully our paths will cross somewhere neat the Narrows late on my trip but early on yours. Long term forecast so far (for what it's worth) is highs in the low 60's and lows around 40 without much rain. Will keep checking through our departure on 9/4. Wouldn't mind those temperatures at all as long as the wind cooperates. No matter what, we will be in the Q and it don't get much better than that...

J

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That's when the Double Paddle shines, IF you can adapt to it.

IF your interested, send me a PM and I'll point you to where I got my paddle at a reasonable price so if you can't adapt, you just end up with 2 spare paddles.

Ranger wrote on Aug 26^th, 2015 at 4:37pm:


The key to a double paddle for a canoe is that it's long enough that you don't hit the gunnels every stroke or have to to that high windmill stroke like you see kayak paddlers doing.

Because I'm paddling a tandem solo, I had to get a 9 ft paddle to work properly. If your canoe is a true solo, then you could get by with a shorter paddle.

There are some good videos of guys using double paddles in canoes and they talk about length and strokes you use in a canoe vs kayak.