Took our Grumman 17 Double End canoe SCOUT out to get photos for an upcoming article in Small Boats Magazine, May 2020. We needed photos of her being paddled solo, tandem and a few other shots. One thing we recently learned was that this design is self righting, we never thought about it but it makes sense when we considered the end comapartments are filled with closed cell foam blocks and the keel is stout, so weight, flotation and balance wise she wants to float upright.
Skipper steered us around for a bit, I did the solo act, then I jumped out for the self righting and swamping videos.
Here's one fuzzy shot that won't make the magazine cut, plus we are going so fast that we left the shot.
Once the article publishes we can post some of the photos that weren't used, Skipper did a masterful job of steering us around in light chop and a bit of a breeze.
Log of SCOUT.
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