The “bump-bump-bump” of sliding an open canoe onto a trailer, a roof rack, a storage rack, or another craft is something many freelance paddlesports guides, instructors, and coaches will be all-too-familiar with – you can probably feel it in your arms as you read this. But no more! Our recessed gunwales do away with that inconvenience you’ve learned to suffer, and make it SO much easier to load and unload open canoes, as well as preventing fittings being shaken loose, and bolts, paddle shafts, fingers, or other craft being damaged. It’s one of those little things that make a huge difference.