For the past couple weeks we have been taking the canoe out on test runs in the Red River and in Maple Lake, MN. Our intentions were to test the speed, maneuverability, and stability of our Mad River Canoe.
The canoe handled well on the fast flowing Red River. You'll notice in the following pictures we swamped the canoe with full equipment. Packs and all were dunked in the water to simulate the conditions we may run into on the Mississippi.
After realizing the canoe was not as boyant as we had anticipated we modified the canoe with foam blocks in the bow and the stern. This proved beneficial as we were able to get the canoe to float with the gunwales a few inches out of the water fully swamped.
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