hobby #205

Flatwater Canoeing

Learning to move a solo open canoe with intention — J-stroke, draw and pry, ferry angles, and reading the seam where moving water meets still. The whole craft is quiet leverage: a blade, a gunwale, and the trim of your own weight deciding where the hull points.

Jul 26 10:32 AM #205 3 min

Ninety Degrees of Regret Before the Paddle Behaved

Flatwater Canoeing

Traded a fly rod for a paddle, expecting a peaceful drift. Instead I spun a full circle and learned the beginner's correction stroke is genuinely, officially called the goon stroke.

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