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How to get into a Canoe

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on June 15, 2008
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How to get into a Canoe
by Red Rock Wilderness StoreWith a Souris River Canoe, you really don’t have
to get your feet wet - EVER!

Please Note: This loading technique will work well for all canoes. However, while Souris River Canoes, along with royalex, polyethylene, and aluminum canoes, can handle this sort of entry repeatedly, we do not recommend it for Wenonahs, Bells, Mad River, Sawyer, Novacraft and other brands of cloth-layup, vinylester or polyester resin canoes. Canoes with made this resin tend to require more delicate handling than epoxy resin canoes especially when they get older because vinylester resin gets brittle with age. Repeatedly sitting on these canoes may adversely affect their bows and sterns. Due to their more fragile nature, you may want to check with the manufacturer to see if the canoe is strong enough to accept this means of entry instead of the usual “wet-foot” technique currently used on vinylester resin hulls. We wouldn’t want you break something. For the rest of you epoxy/kevlar canoe owners, get in and go!

Addendum:  I’ve run into a bunch of people (”experts” and “expert” outfitters both)  who’ve commented on the photos below, saying that the Boundary Waters rarely has such a nice smooth beach on which to land a canoe.  No kidding - I could have paddled over to Moose Lake to find a rockier portage but I kinda figured that most readers could “pretend” there are rocks alongside the canoe in the pictures.  The maneuver remains the same whether there is a rough portage or not.  What has happened to the abstract thinkers of the world today and how do some of these “experts” rate the self-proclaimed title?  Sheesh!

Visit Red Rock Store for a great series of pictures:

How to get into a Canoe without getting your feet wet!

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How to Lift a Canoe

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on April 30, 2008
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Proper Canoe Lifting Technique

The key to properly lifting your canoe is multi-faceted but easy. All you need to do is handle a canoe that reflects your ability to lift it and practise on the front lawn or some other grassy surface. If you are a body-builder, lifting an 85 lb. Old Town Tupperware Special will require exactly the same steps as those needed by a 98 lb. weakling to shoulder a 37 lb. Souris River Carbon Tec Quetico 16.

In any case, the term “no pain - no gain” does not have to apply to canoe lifting. Generally, avoiding pain through proper movement & a little bit of planning, is the preferred method.

Every step you need to lift a canoe is pictured here by Red Rock Store Proper Canoe Lifting Technique.

Review them and realize that proper lifting involves more pausing & planning than grunting. When you are lifting your canoe, follow the photos (steps) and plan where your feet, hip, arms, thumbs, and head should be to get that canoe up on your shoulders.

How to Lift a Canoe

How to Carry a Canoe

How to Unpack a Canoe, and many more helpful canoeing articles at www.redrockstore.com

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Hot Day for Kevlar Canoes!

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on January 18, 2008
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It’s a cold day in Canada - but a hot day for deals on Kevlar Canoes!

Ted here.  I added another log to the fire, made myself a cup of green tea and pulled out the list of Boat, Sport and Trade shows going on this weekend. 

Wow - what a line up!  Looks like I will be virtually jumping all over the United States this weekend!

This moring I’ll browse the Sport Show exhibitor lists - primarily in search of Kevlar Canoe Manufacturers with a booth or display - but I’m also on the lookout for unique fun and entertainment stations, seminars or events and activites at each Show.  Aside from the amazing new boats and motors, sailboats, kayaks, and range of powered personal watercraft, I always find that the most memorable part of the Sport Show is always something fun - like The Water Skiing Squirrel or Cabella’s Hunting Simulator at the All Canada Shows.

Learn more about the various
Types of Kevlar Canoes
before you start shopping!

Here’s the List of Boat Shows (Jan 18-20) I’ll be Virtually wandering through… I’ll meet you back here in a few hours and show you some of the brochures I picked up…  Then I plan to go back to the best parts and do an individual hightlight on what I see.

I have my sunglasses, my hawaiian shirt and my camera around my neck… where’s my hat?  There we go… my baseball/fishing cap. (and I’m going to leave these clip-on LED lights under the brim of my hat too)

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