When you’re in a canoe by yourself, you control where you go – maybe not that fast- but you can do it all yourself.
Add another person and you have someone at the bow and stern (front and back), your power increases two fold.
As long as you are going in the same direction.
Key to this movement is the stern steers and the bow is power – both can’t steer, both need each other to be successful – both must trust each other. Same if you add a third body in the middle, they can’t steer, but they can power – and now you’re truly motoring.
Now add someone hanging off the side, back, or front that is doing nothing, and everyone’s job becomes infinitely tougher – steering is not as smooth, power decreases, balance dies – you will probably tip over and be stuck.
The question is – who are you going to be – the bow, the stern, in the middle or the one trying to prevent them all from getting nowhere?
