Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Gear Forum :: custom canoe cover
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butthead |
jillpine: "I listened to a person tell me all about how it was a "game changer for control in the wind". If the gear is stored flat, I wondered how the cover would help that much. Just wondering what I'm missing or not understanding. Protection from drips from a double blade? Rain protection? Depends on how well the canoe handles wind, some are better than others, and with the other it can make a substantial difference. Wenonah Moccasin, CCS cover. Moccasin is about 31 inches between gunnels and straight sided, picked up good amount of wind and the cover made a 30% improvement. Wenonah Advantage, CCS. About 21 inches tween gunnels with a lot of tumblehome. Not so much help here, wind hitting the side just flows over and does not catch the opposite side. 5-10% better in high wind. Beyond that a cover will ad warmth in cold paddling, keep gear in the canoe if dumped, potential table to work on. butthead |
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muddyfeet |
However, if waves are big enough to break into the boat, you can take on water and lose stability. In this situation, a cover can be the difference between paddling on or waiting it out. |
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butthead |
Jaywalker: " Dumped twice in the Moccasin, with the cover on. Took very little water about 2-3 inches into the canoe even though each time rolled 360, seemed to just want to go over all the way and upright again. All gear stayed inside except me and my paddle. Only lost my hat. I did practice dumps empty at beaches, good experience even without a cover. Same behavior could not get it to turtle, kept going to upright. It does snap on quickly and off even faster. I quickly decided as a soloist to not get back into my canoe if dumped, way to tiring and long for the result. As long as it's floating high, it normally winds up that way, I'll tow it to shore swimming in my PFD by the painter line (one on each end). butthead |
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WHendrix |
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jillpine |
Background: making windy lake travel safer for a solo, relatively lightweight load. |
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Frenchy19 |
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jillpine |
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user0317 |
If you are ever going to run whitewater though, a skirt is definitely a game changer. |
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Jaywalker |
butthead: "....Beyond that a cover will ad warmth in cold paddling, keep gear in the canoe if dumped, potential table to work on. Just conjecture here as I have no experience with covers, but if dumped wouldn't having the gear - and water - held in place make the boat that much more difficult to right? Seems trying one of those perpendicular rescues with another canoe would be very hard. |
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Blatz |
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