Keith Attenborough
Keith is a 22+ year sea kayaker with a lapsed ACA open water sea kayak instructor certification. He helped start two kayaking clubs (North Shore Paddler’s Network (NSPN.ORG) and Qajaq USA (qajaqusa.org)), and was half of North Shore Kayak Instruction (now closed), specializing in mentoring Greenland kayaking skills. He started canoeing again (after a 50+ year gap) in a Mad River Malecite about two and a half years ago and hooked up with Bear from Northstar as part of the process of picking a solo. He got a Northstar Trillium. In June of 2018, he was the substitute lead for an Intro to Solo Paddling workshop at the 2018 Maine Canoe Symposium.). While he says that he is still climbing the learning curve with a single paddle, he is really enjoying the trip. He currently works part time at Newbury Kayak and Canoe (newburykayak.com). If you visit the shop web site you’ll see some articles on selecting a canoe, paddle, etc. that he put together.
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How to pick a Northstar Solo Canoe
So here’s a challenge – when Northstar already makes a bunch of really great solo canoes, and then keeps adding new ones, how do you pick a Northstar Solo canoe that is perfect for you? Two things are key – figuring out your “paddling profile” and understanding what characteristics makes a particular Northstar a good match for that profile. Back in 2008, PaddlingLight published How to pick a Bell Solo canoe. I really liked the Q&A format devised to help paddlers build their paddling profile and the scorecard that mapped the answers to a recommended Bell Canoe. What’s the connection between Bell and Northstar? Ted Bell sold Bell Canoes in…
