Recent content by ScottS

That is a pretty cool paint job. Well done!

I've made close to a hundred paddles. The ottertail is one of my favorite deepwater paddles for tandem canoeing - it goes in silently and the power comes on gradually. A really nice paddle to use. I've always thought that the voyager, if it truly was based on voyageur's paddles, was a quick...

I think that the shape of voyageur paddle blade is due to it being a cheap quick way to knock out a bunch of paddles - straight sides, no curves, perfect for mass produced carved work paddles.

Earthquake, eclipse, cicadas...I'm getting my rapture go-bag ready. It's definitely rapture time.

Nice paddle. Trust the oil, don't varnish the blade.

The canon. When you're outside, an eyepiece is best. A real camera also let me zoom, hold a focus, take a still, adjust the exposure, with one hand at any moment. I tried, but I just never liked the GoPro. Here's my first helmet cam - I later modified it for the larger canon sx30hs - had to run...

After making a series of videos using a canon sx30HS (mid level point and shoot with a good zoom and full camera adjustments), I tried a GoPro. It was clearly good for action videos and it was waterproof, but I did not like the image format and the limited camera adjustments. It is always easier...

I live in CT. I've been canoeing all winter in the Housatonic and Connecticut River and their tributaries. I haven't come across ice that would slow a canoe.

The geology of that whole thing is mind numbing. For instance, the river channel predates Manastash Ridge by a lot of millions of years. Manastash is a fold, the river just kept nibbling at it as it grew.. When we left the canyon, the river was about 8 inches deep, 30 yards wide - uniform depth...

I searched around and that particular box doesn't seem to be available. I've had it for 10 years. It's nothing special, just a stiff hinged box with a rubber seal and a hefty latch. I glued a block of closed cell foam inside with a slots for an extra battery and memory card. Glued some cordura...

I use a Canon point and shoot with a good zoom. It is about the size of an SLR with a standard lens. I have a waterproof box that I found at Home Depot for about $15. It has long outlasted the more expensive Pelican that I started with. The box is on a lanyard connected to the thwart, before I...

Yakima River in eastern Washington. Most people there probably think of it as a big irrigation canal and rarely paddle anything other than 20 miles of the Yakima Canyon. We went all the way to the Columbia - 155 miles. Although it wasn't ever remote, it maintained a feeling of wildness. It...

If you read the journals, the L&C expedition was shooting 3 or 4 Grizzly bears each week while they were in eastern Montana. Many of the tributary mouths have naturally shifted position since then as well.

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