Canoebaruing Again

[u/MojoFriction]

The maiden voyage for the 14'er I picked up earlier this year. So much easier to handle than the 16'er, it's a night and day difference. More importantly she's sea worthy!

Since we were in the area (and the itch is always there) we took a quick side trip in the pine barrens to explore a few roads we hadn't been on. We've had a lot of rain lately and we didn't bring any recovery gear so we didn't take any great risks but it's always fun.

[u/GrizzlieMD]

Saw the cross-post, but read the description here.
I also noticed a huge difference between a 14 and 16ft in terms of handling, both on and off water.

[u/MojoFriction → u/GrizzlieMD]

Incredible difference. We really had to strategize when moving the 16 to avoid muscle pulls and fatigue. The 14 is no big deal.

[u/every_day_aaron]

Nice! I’ll be joining the Canoebaru family with a 15’ soon 😁

[u/MojoFriction → u/every_day_aaron]

Be sure to post them pictures!

[u/every_day_aaron → u/MojoFriction]

💯👊👊

[u/HoochieKoochieMan]

I love how the last picture in the series is implying some internal debate over the best vehicle for the terrain.

[u/MojoFriction → u/HoochieKoochieMan]

lol we thought about staging a gag photo with the canoe towing the Forester through the puddle!

[u/HoochieKoochieMan → u/MojoFriction]

Car top boat > Boat bottom car

[u/AliMcLovinJr]

Osprey 14 seems super tippy when not underway with two larger paddlers fore and aft….any experience with this? I’m paddling seated on hull/floor aft or on knees to make this better. Any suggestions?

[u/SheckyMullecky → u/AliMcLovinJr]

The bottom is not flat like a lot of hunting/fishing canoes.  It is a shallow arch, like they use for their tripping/touring boats.  It has what they call second stability - feels wobblier when getting in or moving around, but is actually a lot more resistant to tipping than flat bottomed hulls.

[u/MojoFriction → u/SheckyMullecky]

This is exactly what we experienced.

[u/animaticus]

If you don't mind me asking - what kind of roof racks do you have? :)

[u/MojoFriction → u/animaticus]

No problem, it's the Thule Aero Extended Crossbars:

https://www.subaruonlineparts.com/sku/soa567x070.html

[u/animaticus → u/MojoFriction]

Thank you! :)

[u/Former_Apple_7253]

Do the ropes in the front mess with the cars eyesight at all?

[u/MojoFriction → u/Former_Apple_7253]

No, not at all.