Recent content by marsingbob

Great buy. There is nothing like rowing a drift boat in fast water. Back in the 60's I was a broke college student in Eugene Oregon and managed to buy a beat up "Rapid Robert" style plywood drift boat. Had a great time with it, but sold it when I left Eugene. I have always wanted another one.

I had a traditional square end in aluminum, but could never love it. I found I did better with a side mount 2 hp on a double end canoe. I really sold out to the dark side and acquired an original Grumman Sport Boat a few years ago. It is "only" 120 lbs and handles a motor much better than...

Quality is not a function of the worker, it is a function of leadership. If quality is the goal, workers can be obtained, trained, and motivated to produce quality products if the market will support the sales price that is required. Today the market generally tends to trade quality for price...

There are many similar videos on youtube but I think yours is one of the best. Clear, simple and well done.

The Ranger seems like a nice boat. It is like the Explorer but at least 20 lbs lighter. It also is somewhat more shaped for paddling ease and less for carrying capacity. Of course being a glass/composite boat it also has finer lines. Finally it is asymmetric which affects its handling. It...

Bob from Southwest Idaho. My canoeing life has been long, but pretty thin. I got my first canoe (a w/c) in Eugene Oregon in 1965. Since then I have owned at least 15 canoes but now have only 4: a recently acquired Ranger Otter, a Royalex Mad River Explorer, a 12' Old Town Stillwater, and a...