The Paddler Magazine issue 72 Summer 2023 | Page 54

PADDLER 54

Adjusting

YOUR TRIM

You can randomly toss some gear into a canoe , hop in and go for a thoroughly enjoyable paddle , but there are lots of situations where it makes a canoe much easier to control if you understand how to adjust the trim on the canoe to make controlling it much easier in different situations .

Words : Rolf Kraiker Photos : Rolf Kraiker & Ken Hughes