Recent content by Glenn MacGrady

Rutabaga Paddlesports in Madison, Wisconsin, will have a one-day sale called Bagafest on Saturday, September 5, 2026. There will be discounts ranging from 10% to 60% on everything. They are calling it a "one day mini Canoecopia." https://www.rutabagashop.com/pages/bagafest-2026

@canootrippa (Ken), that was a very interesting video discussion you had with Bill Swift. Thanks for posting it along with your impressions of the Cruiser 16.8 and Temagami. I have a Keewaydin 15 solo in the carbon fusion layup, which has similar DY hull characteristics, and my paddling...

Monel, that's a well-written report with terrific photos. It makes sense for a bunch of Alaskans to rent whatever watercraft seems most convenient and appropriate for group skills. I wonder if you ran the same rapid that three other members ran, years apart, as photographed in this thread...

Many missing after flash flood in Grand Canyon.

I wonder about slanting the vestibule door upward when using it as a canopy with poles. @eckilson's setup shows this . . . . . . as does one of REI's photos of their Westward tent. I can also do this with my REI Base Camp 6, which I haven't yet set up for practice in my yard. (I have to...

"Catastrophic flash flooding in Nepal Wednesday killed more than 300 and left thousands more missing — including over 60 Americans . . . ." "The flooding is believed to have been triggered when the lower part of a glacier broke off and fell from a height of around 17,000 feet, smashing into a...

Know what's happening upstream. Nepal/Tibet flood today:

Jon posted another video after the trip showing how his wife refurbished his pinned canoe, and talking about things he should have done differently to prevent the pin. He at least admits he should not have run the rapid, and only did so because he has a tendency to be subject to a "weird social...

Depends on what you enjoy doing as a hobby. If you like restoring canoes, and you seem to, then why not. At any point in life, you gotta know when to bold 'em, or hold 'em, or fold 'em. Someone like me, who only enjoys paddling canoes and is winter weak, wouldn't restore it because I couldn't...

I didn't realize there were two different videos of the same pin incident. Having watched them both, I feel I should offer a different and candid perspective. The best insurance against pinning and wrapping a canoe in rapids is not getting a canoe made from a particular material, but to learn...

I don't have any empirical tests or comparisons but, in general, I believe Royalex can recover from the same severity of creases and wraps better than any composite laminate. Once the fabric/resin matrix any laminate cracks, it is cracked forever. I have seen Royalex recover from very severe...

The REI Base Camp tents and footprints will be 25% off during the REI Labor Day Sale, which will run from Aug. 28 to Sept. 7. Here is the link to an advance copy of the sale catalog: https://catalogs.rei.com/Labor-Day-Sale/1/ Because the upcoming sale is so close to my purchase date earlier...

I forgot one significant feature, or add-on, in my previous response about the REI Base Camp tent. You can add the Base Camp Vehicle Connector to either the Base Camp 4 or 6. If I didn't have a 10'x12' Cooke silnylon tarp that I set up outside my tent door, I'd seriously consider getting the...

A good question. The Westward tent is brand new, the store didn't have one, they seemed to be on some sort of back order, and there weren't any particularly informative reviews yet of the Westward about two months ago. Now there are a couple on YouTube. So, I couldn't really get any first hand...