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Hey, thanks for supporting my channel. The yoke pad is made by level six, only about £14 in the uk and supplied by Marsport canoes. It does what it says on the tin, most I’ve seen are about twice the price. Where are you from? Have a look at the other Badger paddles content , shows the tripper, sliver, and Badgertail. 😊

@@slmjake many thanks for watching, please like and subscribe if you haven’t already. The prospector really is a great boat for what you’ve Mentioned, solo with 20kg up front it’s a dream to paddle. I have a wildfire as well which I love but the versatility of the prospector is great. Thanks for watching 😊

@@matt-analoguelife it was gusting at 35mph, I specifically dropped the volume as the wind noise was unbearable. Thanks for watching the channel and happy new year to you and your. :)

Thanks Martin, cannot wait until We do the Ouse- happy new year :)

Thanks Andrew, the wildfire is a very nimble solo, can be a bit twitchy if you don’t concentrate. The prospector is like the pick up truck - does many things well, stability and Payload are excellent. Just over an inch of Rocker so great for slower rivers as doesn’t catch the wind as some Other boats by the same name. Welcome to try them if ever your in Essex

@@Canadiancanoepaddlers Thanks Martin. I'd love to have a paddle in both but Essex is a long old drive away from Cheshire! You never know though .. if I get close to pulling the trigger it may still be worth it. Re "twitchy" , I think I prefer the easy life and some initial stability. I loved my first canoe - a Mad River Explorer with shallow V but it weighed an absolute ton. My current vessel is a Novacraft Cronje which is quite nimble and easily driven on flat water. At 17.5' can be a bit of a handful solo though, and now I've converted to a sailing capable canoe I can no longer lift it onto my roof rack alone (I've adapted some van rollers to help but still not as easy as a lightweight lift by hand) Maybe a Prospector is the answer for a solo only addition. Or even a Keewaydin ..

@@andrewwhitby9154 keewadin probably not as it an asymmetrical hull. Manchester canoes stock the swifts and may be able to hook you up with Christian who has a prospector.

Ok thanks! I’ll include some of that in the next one , thanks for supporting my channel.

Ha - I typed that before I got that end of the video!!

Hey - thanks for supporting the content. I really like the Northwoods grip, I’d say the Tripper is my favourite paddle, not only is the grip comfortable it provides balance on the longer blade, reducing swing weight.

@@stuartsutherland7664 hey thanks for watching my channel. I seldom paddle my solo with a kayak paddle as I’m trying to improve my paddling with a regular canoe paddle however I do have a 260cm double blade which I’ll take if I know it’s a little windy or days when the river is particularly fast, it’s also good exercise as the double blade uses different muscles. Thanks again for watching:)

Thankyou, I sent an email in. Re the smaller box an the small duffel bag bag , had no reply as yet.

Thankyou, welcome to meet up some time For a paddle- the seat cushion was made bespoke by Aguille in the lake district. Reasonable price and great quality

Hey - thanks for watching. I took the prospector simply because I hadn’t used it in weeks, the wildfire is made for rivers like this I’d agree 😊

Thankyou, evenings and early paddles are the best times there. Thanks for watching.

Thanks for taking the time to watch .

Thankyou, it is lovely. Content isn’t the best but I do it as it helps my mental health when I can’t paddle. It gets so busy in the summer so to have the river mostly to myself was great- thanks for watching.

@@jimwortham8634 sorry you weren’t impressed Jim. Maybe watch some Spelling content instead.

@@NikonF5user many thanks, I love the boat. I have a prospector that’s not seen too much use since having the wildfire

@@onanysundrymule3144 hey , thanks for watching my channel. My son often goes in the front of the boat, plenty of room. You are correct about the centre seat height option as well. I have paddle the boat with a 260cm double blade and get next to no drips in the boat. Thankyou 😊

@@Canadiancanoepaddlers It's good that you have a channel specific to Canadian canoes, thankyou. I take it your son is an adult - (for spatial sizing comparison) ? You seem to have easy access to several of these Swift canoes, maybe you are part of the Norfolk Canoes team. Have you noticed that whereas the price of a Swift Canoe may be say $3595 US dollars over there, but then here in UK it is priced at exactly the same numerical figure yet at £3595 Sterling. The conversion rate between US dollars to UK pounds is 0.79, so $3595 USD should equate to £2840, huge difference (£760 odd). Better still, the Canadian Swift home source price of $3995 at 0.57 exchange should equate to £2277 pounds sterling, for the very same canoe. I could certainly better envisage getting myself both a tandem Prospector and a solo pack boat at those latter conversion rates. Keep it up with the splendid videos Sir. Kind regards.

@@onanysundrymule3144 Thankyou for your kind words, my son is a 6”2 adult. I’m lucky enough to own a prospector which I’ve had coming up 2 yrs. I’d always wanted a solo but didn’t think I’d be getting one this year, unfortunately my dad passed away and wanted me to have one so I was given some money by my Mum to get One. I will always support Norfolk canoes as they’re really helpful and a uk business. Appreciate what you say about cost, I do know shipping , customs etc is a huge cost and I believe they can only it about 25 boats on each container. ☺️

@@Canadiancanoepaddlers I am very sorry to hear of your recent familial loss and bereavement good Sir. Thankyou for the clarifying detail. I think my ideal fleet would be either a Prospector or Keewaydin 15 combi with twin height pods on the removable centre seat, and a 12'6" Pack boat, both in kevlar with a gel coat bottom and rosewood spreaders/yoke. Kind regards.

@@TheREALLibertyOrDeath Thankyou, I feel privileged to to be able to paddle it

Great to have it Bill, the first one I believe. Fantastic boat, Thankyou 😊

Oh oh oh oh my favorite canoe - enjoy!!

Hey it weighs about 42lbs with the sassafras wood which is a couple of lbs lighter than the standard cherry interior. Thanks for taking a look, have a great day:)