Oci-One Kanubi wrote:
On a lower Tuolumne trip last fall (below La Grange dam) we had one spot
where two canoes tipped over. In my IK, I helped with rescue, and was
flabbergasted how easy it was to push fully-waterlogged canoes to shore.
So I'm not surprised they handle well in that state, especially if they
aren't really full due to float bags (the canoes on the lower Tuolumne
had no float bags).

Performance vs. stability is always a tradeoff.

Typically, they don't handle at all well when swamped. Are you, Bill,
referring to a whitewater boat, fully bagged, floating upside down?
THOSE are easy to push around because they weigh less than 100# unless
they have a lot of gear lashed in. But right-side-up and full of water
(at 8#/gal.) a canoe may be carrying 400# more than its original load
(you & yer partner), and ~700# is an absolute bear to move and maneuver.

No, these canoes did not have float bags and I don't believe they were
full-on whitewater canoes, although they weren't Grumman aluminum either.
When I rescue inflatable kayaks, they tend not to go in a straight line,
making it quite difficult to get them into an eddy. It just seemed easier
to rescue these 700# water-filled canoes!

PS, I bought the Pentax Optio W10 before I left on my recent 3-week
Rocky Mountain boating trip. Shot nearly 700 pictures; haven't
downloaded them for full-screen viewing yet. I'm not very excited
about the slow reaction-time and dimness of the monitor, nor the lag
between click and pic (which caused most of my close-up action shots to
catch the subject halfway out of frame).

Thanks for the report. I'm fairly certain I'll get a Fuji F30 soon
because it's the only small digital camera that goes up to ISO 3200.
Therefore it is the first digicam that has an inherent advantage,
other than convenience and per-image cost, over film-based P&S cameras.