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Hi, John. Any chance of getting in contact with you for some help buying a canoe?

Thank you so much. I just bought a heavy coleman canoe that I needed some advice with.

Super helpful the whole series! Thank you!

This is great! Thanks for sharing.

Thank you!

Which canoe model is the red one?

Thanks for posting.. I am looking at acquiring a 60lb canoe and was wondering how to get it on my SUV by myself safely. This helped. Also subbed. Cheers!

Yes I use this method

This is great advice!

I’ve been in canoes for 50yrs, and most of that in class 1-2 water. Top-notch information!

Just found your channel. You’re teaching this old dog new tricks. I need things made “stupidly simple”🛶👍

Excellent instructional videos. You present the 'problem' you are adressing exactly as I as a new paddler see it. You explain the solution using simple terminology that doesn't make my brain hit the 'eject' button and the demonstration illustrates it perfectly. All the relevant information on how the water affects the boat and why is in here and even I can digest it. As a new open canoe owner your contribution to my enjoyment of this sport is very much appreciated. I've watched numerous videos over the last few weeks and with these the penny drops. Thank you for taking the time and effort to make them, they really help.

As a leisure kayaker of many years interested in giving open canoe ownership a bash, I find this video extremely informative and simple to understand. Huge thank you for making and posting it. Nothing worse than a boat you feel you just can't paddle and can't work out why.

This is exactly the technique I have been using for over a decade now. So easy on the body.

I always try to place the opposite end on grass or soft soil to prevent scuffing up the end too much.

Excellent advice!

That made me smile 😂. With buoyancy bags it does work but it’s brutal.

Yes: "funny looks.."😂 , true true

Brilliant! Thanks for posting!

top tip mate thank you for sharing classsssssssssss

Used a trolley in Germany. Very, very helpful 👍🏼

Nice stunt though… practicality meh.,.

I completely agree and would only chime in "keep your chin UP" as it is impossible to bend the back if he chin is up, that forces the person to use their legs for the initial pick-up. Like you say, better still, get some help. Another way is to back the vehicle up close to the upturned canoe. Pick up the front and slide it onto the racks, then go to the back, pick up the back and SLIDE it on, in this way you never lift the entire canoe at all.

Thank you! Just bought a bit of a heavier one for my young kids and I and had no idea how I was going to do it myself!! You’re amazing

That's a good way of doing it. Very easy.

Thanks! I have done a lot of paddling and never knew about this. Question: Is a typical tandem canoe, like, say, the Novacraft Prospector 16', naturally stern-heavy, due to the placement of the seats? Viewed from above, it looks as if the seats are placed a bit to the stern in order to give the bow paddler leg room. With two paddlers of equal weight and no load, won't the canoe be trimed a bit to the stern with no adjustment needed?

Very nicely done.

Thanks for a great tip for those of us who aren't "Hercules" and are concerned about our backs.

Thank you!

Mine just keeps flipping over

Thanks for the tips

For heavy canoes do the same action but farther towards one end while resting the opposite end on the ground ,then walk it onto your shoulders. This way you never have lift the whole canoe while getting it on your shoulders. This is the method muskokan elder canoeists do it.

Hello my friend. I hope you are well. I cannot believe it’s been 4 years. I blame Covid. Anyways, I just wanted to say hello, youtube reminded me. Cheers.

I thought for a moment I was genuinely going to learn something 😂

Ive recently started ww coaching and your videos are great at helping me understand and articulate what I'm doing in a boat.

Very informative thank you. What make are those ones and would i be better trying to get a second hand set or are these quite resonable? I like the bigger wheels which would be more forgiving

Beautifully broken down.

It would have been helpful for me to watch this before I had to figure it out. 😊 My only addition would be that, if you are using ratcheted straps (like I do with my 18.5 footer) you can use long ones and go from each corner, around a thwart, down the canoe, around the thwart, and to the opposite corner on the sane side of the canoe. Two straps instead of four. Make sure they can pass by the thwarts to even pit the tension. This makes the straps a bit heavier if you do have to carry them (what with the ratchets) but it works well. Rope would likely also work but I am not good enough with rope to get it as tight as a ratcheted tie down. Without the straps, unless I am on something akin to pavement, my cano3 will not stay on the wheels. It is always worth a few minutes to strap it in. Also, my canoe is 129lbs (i think) so most gear needs to be portaged separately.

Nice mate. Is that clip the Leven Devils bridge? 3:30.

Great helpful video !

Great video(s), I wish I've discovered them earlier. Hope that you'll make some more as you're great at explaining things.

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Clear. Well explained. 👍

Made me laugh too.

Love it.

Brilliant again. Such a great explanation. I’ve been paddling 25 years and have learnt something.

Excellent reminders.

Hi. Great video. Trying to work out why you took a swim. Looks like you took on a lot of water just before bumping the rock and taking on more water. Can you explain what went wrong? Thanks