Hello friend, I don't know much about canoes but after you get outdoors can you shoot some photos so we can see what it's like in a canoe? Sounds like a wonderful adventure. Please keep us posted with wilderness photos.
Thanks @Creeperpark. I'll post pictures in the spring when I get the canoe. I'm just trying to do some research now. None of the canoe websites I've checked answer the question.
i've got canoes/kayaks, and i would use a kayak paddle rather than a normal canoe paddle sitting lower like that. i found it much more difficult paddling in a regular canoe if sitting flat, but the height of the sides relative to your position will be important factors in your comfort. back pain sucks...
That's what I thought @armedoldhippy . When I peddle a bicycle even for 50 feet I end up bed ridden for a week or more. I'm not sure the same core muscles and or flexing would be used with a kayak paddle. That is my main concern other than my lumber spine being fused. I do still have the ability to paddle my Old Town Saranac without pain.i've got canoes/kayaks, and i would use a kayak paddle rather than a normal canoe paddle sitting lower like that. i found it much more difficult paddling in a regular canoe if sitting flat, but the height of the sides relative to your position will be important factors in your comfort. back pain sucks...
had x-rays at a chiropractor visit the other day. seems that part of my upper spine is fusing/calcifying in such a manner as to put pressure on the nerves, causing the tingling/numbness in my hands/arms etc. it is somewhat similar to how a bad cold or infected tooth can compress nerves in your facial bones, resulting in Bells Palsy, which i had for months years back...
i didn't need this shit...
That sucks. It seems that as we get older we discover new ailments that slow us down. After a hernia operation in February this year. I've had terrible stomach pain and it feels like someone kicked me in the privates. Those new pains never go away. But, I have no more bulge popping out of my stomach. So, I will continue to do anything I'm capable of doing at this point.had x-rays at a chiropractor visit the other day. seems that part of my upper spine is fusing/calcifying in such a manner as to put pressure on the nerves, causing the tingling/numbness in my hands/arms etc. it is somewhat similar to how a bad cold or infected tooth can compress nerves in your facial bones, resulting in Bells Palsy, which i had for months years back...
Let me know next time you are in my part of Michigan. I'll bring some mushrooms.
Thanks for the offer. But, I only use the non-psychotropic powdered mushrooms now. They work better than anything else I've ever tried.
Mushrooms sound good to me.
So I've been into into slow flat water padding in the New Jersey pine barrens for year's , always in a canoe. My back is bad as well as my knees now. My experience with these small one man canoes is the are extremely tippy thats why you got to sit on the floor and I find this the worst thing for my back. I have a old aluminum 14’ Michicraft canoe, I canoe solo in it backwards sitting on what would be the front seat in the back middle. I use a good strap on seat cushion with a back rest. I find this the most comfortable and also extremely maneuverable. I find this the best for solo canoeing and because it's a 14’ canoe it has a high draft .The canoe must have flat bench seats so you can fit the cushion seat on backward, tapered bucket stile old town canoe seats won't work well .
I used to paddle my 17' canoe the same way as you do. I'm considering pulling the seats and center BS thing in my Saranac 146. I'd replace them with 2 dropped bench seats at about 4" down from the gunwales. In the center I'd put a yoke for portaging. Because the Old Towne Saranac 146 is a Thermoformed Polyethelyne canoe, I may need to add a coped center rib that will be just forward of my yoke. If I do these alterations. I will use clear cedar for its lightweight and rot resistance. The canoe is useless as it is now for solo paddling as they are fixed seats with built in back rests.
Sounds like a good plan
