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simpler, and takes about two minutes,” he wrote in an email. He recommends retrofitting your roof rack
with his “secret ingredient,” a set of four U- bolts fastened with nuts to the roof rack bars. If you fix them in just the right place, Bet- teridge says, you can snug your boat between them so tight it won’t even budge if you for- get to tie it down. To switch between canoes, he says, simply
adjust the bolts with a socket wrench and shift them to fit each boat’s exact width. While he approves of our cam strap to roof
rack method as safe, he says he’s sick of “spi- der webby arrangements,” and that for him “speed and efficiency count.” We agree with Betteridge that bow and
stern lines can be a hassle, but recommend the redundancy in case a roof rack lets go at highway speed. While his method sounds great for handy-
man canoeists with a set of tools and only one canoe, we won’t be switching from our any-boat-anywhere-anytime system any- time soon.
Accolades Canoeroots’ Spring 2014 cover story on ca- noe collector Ken Kelly (www.rapidmedia. com/0181) was a hit with readers. “The article on friend and fellow Wooden Canoe Heritage Association member Ken Kelly was excellent,” wrote Russ Hicks in an email. “I’ve seen most of Ken’s fleet at his Twin Lakes cabin, at boat shows and on-water events around Michigan, and the accompanying photographs were rich in texture, depth and color. Thank you to the staff at Rapid Media for Canoeroots. This is a magazine that Kirk Wipper would have been proud to collect!” “After the failure of Paddler and the exclu-
sion of canoes in other paddling magazines, I am excited to read a magazine dedicated to canoes,” Hicks added.
Events
Bag O’ Tricks Handstands and gunwale bobbing—are ca- noe tricks an important part of heritage pad- dling or impractical stunts? We asked Cano- eroots’ Facebook fans to weigh in. “They help with balance,” wrote Bill Mart.
“We had a blast doing them as kids,” chimed in Missy Fisk Corrigan. The folks at outfit- ter Wanapitei Canoe & Northern Outdoor Expeditions agreed with both assessments, writing “These tricks build key paddling skills, many of them are forgotten but still impor- tant and useful—and they’re fun for kids.”
Get on the water with fellow canoeists this summer at these awesome events: The Maine Canoe Symposium takes place this year from June 6 to 8 in Bridgton, ME (www.
mainecanoesymposium.org). Celebrate Na- tional Paddling Week from June 6 to 15 and join one of the many events taking place all over Canada (
www.paddleweek.ca). Go old school at theWooden Canoe Heri-
tage Association’s 35th Annual Assembly to view beautiful craftsmanship and partici- pate in workshops from July 15 to 20 in Paul Smiths, NY (
www.wcha.org). Enter the Great Canadian Kayak Challenge and Festival, August 22 to 24, in Timmins, ON, for a shot at winning great prizes (
www.thegreatcanadi-
ankayakchallenge.com).
“Gunwale bobbing was always my favorite,”
added Deryck Robertson. “Now all I hear is, ‘It’s not safe.’ So tired of all the negative buzz killers out there!” Not everyone was so impressed though—
“Silly and pointless,” ruled Brad Hampton. Read the article that inspired the discus- sion at
www.rapidmedia.com/0180.
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