The round trip was about 5 hours including a lunch and a swim. Just a forward stroke to move and a lean to turn. The effect is stronger the faster the canoe is moving, as the chine is better able to carve the water.īy the end of the trip, I was able to do a fairly sharp turn in the canoe with no turning strokes. The right chine is curved in a manner that, when leaned into the water, causes the canoe to turn left. The corner where the side of the canoe and the bottom of the canoe meet is called a chine. To turn left, the canoe is leaned over onto its right side. I used those channel markers to practice a turning technique called edging. The channel is marked by large pylons, probably the remains of a logging operation. UnlikeĮlkhorn Slough, the Albion is navigable by small craft - providing you avoid the logs. I imagine it must have some significant flow in the winter, because it had a deep central channel. A few of us ventured to the Albion River, a few miles south of town.Īlbion is an estuary this time of year. Most of the group went to the Big River, right at the town. There were all kinds of craft - a couple surf kayaks, some plastic touring kayaks, some long, sleek fiberglass kayaks, at least one greenland style kayak, a few chunky recreational kayaks, and a one green royalex canoe. With her kayak club and did a little paddling.

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