.....a Canadian canoe. So how do you boys that`ve got them, get on with them?
They are great , i love mine. Give yourself time 1st couple of days out will be a wee bit wobbly but you'll soon be comfortable . "Song of the paddle " is a great forum full of helpful info and i highly recommend it for anyone interested in an open canoe. Ian
PS do you know which make/model ? Some are more suited to beginners than others.
Jim, give us a shout when you've got it and we'll hook up to give you a few pointers :8)
Also google "Bill Mason" Jim. He made some great informative films.
Mmm.. canoe stravaig that could be a cracker.
true Jim, they do take a bit of practice. i had to do a bit of stretching (and check with my surgeon!) before i got to grips with the kneeling. plus i had to play around a bit with the seat height so it was just right to rest my bum cheeks against for longer paddles. kneeling is definitely the way forward, and i can now manage a good hour or two of steady paddling.
paddling is a bit of an art, although (as with casting) there's a lot of people who make it sound far more complicated than it has to be... :roll: getting a good "j" stroke is the basis for making good solo progress, that and trimming the boat (ie where you position yourself fore/aft and which side). it's just a matter of practice! i'm lucky in that i can grab an hour or so straight after work on either loch morlich or the spey, so last year was just clocking up the hours and the miles at every opportunity.
as i said, it's probably easier learning from someone else, so drop me a line when you're ready and we'll get together for a paddle.
ps probably best to do some still-water stuff before throwing yourself down the tay!!
WATERWALKER (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq7CqhbzPUs#)
pour youself a (very large, preferably :8)) beer and settle back for an hour and a half of sheer inspirational pleasure.......
Quote from: corsican dave on April 22, 2013, 08:35:22 PM
paddling is a bit of an art
And a very enjoyable one too :D
Some good advice on the last couple of posts.
Does anyone have any experience of the wide set NuCanoe type of hull ? This is meant to have great stability for fishing from and seems not to weigh too much.
http://www.nucanoe.com/ (http://www.nucanoe.com/)
Quote from: Bobfly on April 23, 2013, 01:01:55 PM
Does anyone have any experience of the wide set NuCanoe type of hull ? This is meant to have great stability for fishing from and seems not to weigh too much.
http://www.nucanoe.com/ (http://www.nucanoe.com/)
This looks more like a sit on top kayak, or a cross breed, interesting :?
It seems to be a cross breed with a large shallow capacity inside unlike a thin sit-on and with good breadth for stability.
Potentially has quite a few advantages .......... especially if you stay dry !!!!
Quote from: Bobfly on April 23, 2013, 10:36:31 PM
It seems to be a cross breed with a large shallow capacity inside unlike a thin sit-on and with good breadth for stability.
Potentially has quite a few advantages .......... especially if you stay dry !!!!
Do you stay dry ??? :shock:
Anyway my sit on top is probably at least or perhaps more stable than my pals canoe if that helps anybody. Please no comments about one is better than the other I really like both, only reason I dont want a canoe is cause my pal has one, and I was nearly stupid enough to capsize it, so dont stand up and if you do you need very good balance. So far standing up on the sit on top I havent nearly capsized it but it also requires good balance :8)
Those sensible wild fishers among you will know it is stupid to stand up :D
Quote from: Colliemore on April 23, 2013, 10:58:08 PM
Those sensible wild fishers among you will know it is stupid to stand up :D
Stupid but irresistible :lol:
If you go to the link for Nucanoe I gave above it has videos of folks standing in these casting quite the thing !!!!! Mind you there is not much wind on inland American lakes !!
Standing in an open is ok if you practice Poling A Canoe Up The Snoqualmie River (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMxURxbzBWo#)
Quote from: sinbad on April 24, 2013, 06:31:46 PM
Standing in an open is ok if you practice
For "practice" read "fall in hundereds of times, freezing your nuts off, bruises, loosing the canoe and kit, looking like a real prat and generally suffering". You do look cool once you have mastered this apprenticeship, but it is a heavy price to pay.
As long as there is nobody else around to laugh at you........
http://www.kay-noe.com/stabilizer.html (http://www.kay-noe.com/stabilizer.html)
I did this with some kids a few years ago......
http://www.canoe-ardeche.com/descentea.html (http://www.canoe-ardeche.com/descentea.html)
........................................and a few stones ago, doubt I would fit in a kayak any more!
A.
Quote from: Inchlaggan on April 24, 2013, 07:07:29 PM
For "practice" read "fall in hundereds of times, freezing your nuts off, bruises, loosing the canoe and kit, looking like a real prat and generally suffering". You do look cool once you have mastered this apprenticeship, but it is a heavy price to pay.
Haha Ken its not that hard to do, the first time i tried poling i traveled up the full length of the river Balvaig with a mate showing me whats whats. Was still dry , warm and bruise free by the end of the day, I did have a drysuit on so maybe i managed the looking like a prat bit :roll:
Jim will be sticking to sitting or kneeling to start with anyway i would imagine, lets not make this sound to hard. Ian
Quote from: Otter Spotter on April 24, 2013, 11:05:00 AM
Stupid but irresistible :lol:
True :D
Bobfly, I havent tried fly fishing while standing up ! Yet :D
As long as I'm not too far away from shore, car and home in that order :shock: