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Post by klsm54 on May 14, 2009 9:40:07 GMT -5
If you've read any of Nessmuk's writings, he mentions that, during black fly season in the Adirondacks, he used to sleep in the Sairy Gamp out in the middle of a lake. Having seen the Sairy Gamp- it's still in the Adirondack Museum- I don't believe I'd try that! If you rolled over in your sleep, you'd wake up wet, I'll bet you... ;D
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Post by Jack on May 14, 2009 10:51:58 GMT -5
I think you're right! I sure wouldn't try it in that canoe. I always wondered- that thing had ribs, too- wouldn't have been real comfortable.
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Post by klsm54 on May 14, 2009 12:05:25 GMT -5
They were tough back in those days, not used to the creature comforts we have today.
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Post by twomoons on May 29, 2009 10:13:33 GMT -5
Does anyone else here paddle canadian style? That is sure a swell way to manuver a small canoe. As to paddling solo I can only do that in the kayak as my wife loves to FISH from a canoe but she says its,"TOO HARD to paddle and fish at the same time". I have paddled the whole boundray waters with her and her sister fishing in the canoe while I am the silent trolling motor. One year I ran trips to a sectet lake where we took only one bass per day per person. The AVERAGE catch and release was 22 fish per person. I paddled for 8 people two trips a day for 6 days and each trip was once around the lake, about 4 miles. At the end of the week I was paddleing 6 hours a day with a full canoe load and my wife was upset because I didn't want to take her out at night too! Now when I get my Guide boat built...
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Post by jmarriott on May 30, 2009 11:40:57 GMT -5
I have spent many late a summer in the bountry waters. I was a life guard in the summer and always went right after labor day. The blackflies were bad then and i invested in headgear and DEET the next year and it became bearable. You can get about 3 radio stations in the day and about 7 at night so I tried to bring a radio each time.
Jabba will most likely chime in here that it is canada style, not canadian style. My canoe uses a kayak paddle
That is one of the thought that I had when i bought the bell canoe. The permit size was changed to seven. That's three set's of two per canoe and me in the solo. Should be easy to get on with about any permit holders with the old number of canoes per permit. Even 3 per canoe with little kids they almost always have the extra person on the permit.
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Post by Jack on May 30, 2009 12:11:48 GMT -5
Could someone explain the term "Canadian style"? I'm not familiar with it.
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Post by jmarriott on May 30, 2009 18:29:14 GMT -5
I understand it as a "S" shaped stoke with multiple paddles on each side without major canoe wobble side to side while staying in a straight line. . Not your normal power river canoe stroke.
I also heard tha canada style is backcountry canoe trips lasting several days with day camps or major trips as the focus. They kind of interchange the terms cause if your are doing the stoke most likely you are in a sheltered lake making time to do the camp or trip thing.
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