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How efficient is travel by canoe?

Assuming the current is neither with nor against you, say on a lake, swamp, the sea (staying near the coast, going parallel to the coast, on a calm day, with intent to land if the weather turns rough, … of course such craft are not suitable for going out to sea), or crossing a wide river? …
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Locations of origin for castaway on Papua New Guinea

It would work best if he made an involuntary ocean voyage from a long way away, perhaps having been fishing near some other shore when blown out to sea by a storm. … Equatorial Currents together, which means my castaway could basically come from anywhere on the west coast of the Americas; he could have been fishing off the coast of California or Peru, been blown out to sea
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Finding fish offshore

Two people with a small boat and a net, fishing in the sea within sight of shore. … I also see videos on direct net fishing in ponds, but no indication of anyone doing it on a personal scale in the sea. …
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