It's always good to have friends. Smart friends who don't mind approaching you with a suggestion or three.
My friends have been following this blog and learned of the struggles I have been having. Here are their suggestions:
1. Go to an 18 foot canoe instead of 15'. A longer canoe runs faster.
2. Sit in the back seat. The canoe is more narrow at the back seat than the front seat. The back seat enables you to keep your paddle closer to your core body thus giving you more power, leverage and control with less effort.
3. Paint the canoe UT orange. Passing boats may not be seeing me because my canoe is highly polished and it reflects the water making me look like part of the lake.
4. One friend is a yacht builder. He said yacht owners feel that they own the river as well as their yacht, like 18 wheelers feel that they own the road. Paddle defensively.
5. Exercise your legs often. It can be unhealthy being confined to a canoe for days at a time.
Thank you friends. Good stuff.
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