“I felt like a drop of water on a hot skillet” that’s good, real good.
No wonder I paddle kayaks.
I’ve been in hot water before! 
@Yanoer said:
@pblanc said:
I think a lot of paddlers start out in straight-keeled, hard tracking canoes because they are relatively easier to make them go straight. Many then gravitate to more rockered boats which are easier to turn.That was me. I started in a Sawyer Summersong for it’s reputed speed and ease of tracking, but soon discovered that I preferred maneuverability over straight tracking (in reality, I don’t really find straight tracking canoes much easier to keep straight than moderately rockered touring canoes - probably because my forward stroke isn’t too great).
I’ve got no apparent skill in a highly rockered whitewater canoe - I discovered that when I did a very short paddle in your purple canoe - I felt like a drop of water on a hot skillet.
Ah, the purple canoe. MRC did not call that boat the “Twister” for nothing.