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Portage is a word to describe carrying your gear from one water way to another. This may be to avoid running a damn or for going from an unpassable section of a river/lake/etc. to another. It is pronounced Port age or Por taaahge depending on your upbringing. Basically, it means carrying your gear when you can't paddle anymore.
I carried a couple boats on two separate trips from the take out to the cars on my shoulders for a 1/2 mile each time. Not that bad since the Discovery 169's I was used to carrying in a previous job weigh in at 95#. Even with good form from my previous Summer occupation of 10 years, the uphill portion was a pain in the butt.
The Coleman's aren't a bad boat for the recreational paddler but aren't my first choice for a canoe.
Kev
I carried a couple boats on two separate trips from the take out to the cars on my shoulders for a 1/2 mile each time. Not that bad since the Discovery 169's I was used to carrying in a previous job weigh in at 95#. Even with good form from my previous Summer occupation of 10 years, the uphill portion was a pain in the butt.
The Coleman's aren't a bad boat for the recreational paddler but aren't my first choice for a canoe.
Kev