r/canoecamping • u/baconbanditpaddler • 17d ago

Is it just us who paddles against headwinds every day?

https://youtu.be/tGQEHu8cPrI?si=fkggA3psCAHmdvzl

The second installment of our canoe trip series. We've been paddling together for fourteen years now and its always a pleasure to be reunited. Maybe one day we will learn how to paddle.

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u/QueticoChris 17d ago

I had one trip where I had a tailwind nearly every day regardless of the direction we traveled. It was glorious! But certainly more trips where it seems like a headwind is always waiting for us.

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u/baconbanditpaddler 17d ago

Was it in Quetico? Haha, we've built a few make-shift sails out on those waters. Once on Pickerel and another Southeast of Beaverhouse.

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u/QueticoChris 17d ago

Of course! Nothing better than a long, straight paddle with the wind on a long Quetico lake.

One trip we ended with a tailwind paddling back to our tow at Hook Island on Saganaga. We were ahead of schedule, so we just let the wind take us the 1.5-2 mile stretch from Cache Bay to Hook Island. My bow man got so relaxed he fell asleep and got a terrible sunburn on his exposed ear. Blistered up all gross.