You're a boater dog, dude! : )

Yeah, walkin around the boat is where it's at. But our territory must be
different and styles too, but stand-up and poling adapts to em all just fine,
eh?

I tend toward the race style and I don't use correction strokes and am on
fla****er. So from my experience so far both standup and poling seem FASTER
than sit-down kayak or single. But my data is mostly subjective so far.

I did one 1-mile fla****er up and down test and my times were about the same.

Oh, it's also far superior for obstacle-clearing. Step out, heave, step back
in. Or for real shallow water: step out, trot along, step back in. So nice!

I can pole or stand up indefinitely it seems, at race pace. As easy as sitting
anyway. Good rhythm, no worries. Good hull speed carrying along (when I stand
in middle, or end up with weighted foot in middle after thrust, anyway---it's
very dynamic).

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