Recent content by MacCamper

I've been off the grid for a bit and hope to get back into the forum groove. A stand up board is in the shop partially completed as opportunities with my elderly father has been taking a bit of my time and I had shoulder restoration work done last November. I'll be back smelling cedar in a...

My Sadie is a great camping pal. She took to the canoe and adventuring activity very fast, no real tricks to get her acclimated, at about two years of age. I do keep her on a lead the first pass over a portage in case other campers are not dog friendly. If nobody is about I will then allow...

No Title I wanted to give a shout out to Mike McCrea for his tutorial on the Dynel/Peelply skid plate application. Your step by step process allowed me to do a pretty good job last weekend with little anxiety. It was a piece of cake. Although a couple of minor flaws appeared after I left the...

No Title I wanted to give a shout out to Mike McCrea for his tutorial on the Dynel/Peelply skid plate application. Your step by step process allowed me to do a pretty good job last weekend with little anxiety. It was a piece of cake. Although a couple of minor flaws appeared after I left the...

Ah yes, there they are...probably best to hit them near the end when the packs are lighter. Although some current, I am assuming that most current has no impact on travel in the Q? Maybe I am making a wrong assumption? About portaging, they don't bother me. And our moderate pace has been...

Dry or wet, as it was my first time in the area I can only say that after the last beaver dang we were hauling our boats through a narrow channel and criss crossing from relative stable footing to relative stable footing. No pitcher plants or, thankfully, horse flies the first week of...

Good eye and right on Mark, my good friend Clark and I called it "the slog" and had great fun busting through early last September on our first trip to the Quetico. We had such a fine time leap-frogging our canoes back and forth over the marsh finding footing. I had mocked him often and loud...

Thank you all for your help. As soon as winter arrives I will be heading into the shop to improve the wear resistance on the canoe and begin a board or two. Dynel it will be, and I look forward to running the bow onto reefs and bars next summer with minimal wear! Mike and Pete's tutorial make...

Well lowangle, that is a pretty novel idea to me and something I will consider, no, something I will do, as a great work out opportunity. The SUPs were candy to get my adult kids and granddaughter to the lake on a more regular basis. As I cannot justify another canoe (yet), and I have "sold"...

Thanks guys, I'll take a look at the materials you suggested Jim and Alan. The idea of slapping something unattractive, or noisy, on the bottom of the canoe does not sound appealing...however the wear will only continue. Hey Ben, that was the exact tip I am looking for. I went there for a...

It has been a while since visiting the canoetripping.net site and it is good to see all is well. Unfortunately (or fortunately) I have a bit of catching up to do on several great threads...isn't that what winter is for? Between building, family and work of course. In the last four months I...

Hello Alan and all, Alas, work and other commitments including family reunions, volunteer watershed projects and another trip to the BW have tapped my "posting" time. Please accept my sincere apology, but life is busy and priorities change especially in the summer. That said, I have missed the...

Maybe I'll see you up there Srobo. I depart Sawbill midday Friday for a ten day solo through Cherokee, Frost, Littke Sag then one of a number of loops back through Malberg and home on the louse River. Weather dependent of course and a day visit on Little Sag with another solo whom I met in...

Thats a pretty cool adventure...I just spent too many minutes reading his blog. I'll be interested in your trip too Greg. Mac

Thanks SG, Just got off the lake. A mirror this morning and nothing technical. However, I busted out my double blade for a little goofing around and was taken aback by the speeds I could attain. The narrower canoe also limited any significant water dropping. I enjoy both paddle styles...