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I've been long enamored with Philippine boat making. The first time I was asked if I wanted to ride in a canoe, I said no and had horrid flashbacks of tipping
by axaxs 6y ago
I've been long enamored with Philippine boat making. The first time I was asked if I wanted to ride in a canoe, I said no and had horrid flashbacks of tipping over in dirty ponds in the south USA. Theirs, even homemade ones, have stabilizers. Such a simple, but brilliant idea.
- ruste 6y agoThis is likely because stabilizers don't make sense for the usecase of those in the southern US. Canoes there were typically used navigating between rivers, creeks, and lakes where the stabilizer would be cumbersome due to plant life and just size. Ocean going canoes, or canoes on large rivers don't encounter these problems in the same way making stabilizers worthwhile