Thanks for clearing that up Tod, I didn't know to what he was refereing by ''those in the know'', I thought he ment, those of you who are aware that canoes have a centre thwart ;-)
Hope that wasn't too much trouble to repost the picture Paul!
I especially like the emissions fre, depending on what you eat part! This reminds me of a certain person in the Alpine Club who went hiking after eating cabagge!
Cheers,
C.