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Hello, Back in November I took a 12 hour drive from PA to SC. I picked up 4 canoe hulls. They were the last boats made by Pat Moore. I...

Getting ready for canoe season. Set up my new Springbar Compact in the backyard. Going to spend the night, see how it goes. Supposed to...

Well, we made it up to the Boonville area and had a lovely day. My son-in-law from MA brought our two youngest grandsons and we spent...

Too funny, Glenn. I've had two incidents in remote locations where I rendered first aid to an injured person, only to learn afterward...

A kindred spirit you and I snapper. I play around with a banjo, I’ve built a ukulele and a mountain dulcimer and made a couple...

My first "real" paid job was with the Boy Scouts when I was 16. I worked on waterfronts and then eventually became the interim Asst...

I'm not a psychiatrist, psychologist or therapist. I'm a retired cop and dealt with all of their patients on a more immediate basis.

Back in the mid nineties, two surgeons joined our canoe club in Vancouver. Their goal was to develop enough paddling skills to go on...

Here it is! a big Package arrives today ... from @sweeper No - not just one, but two! :love: . . . oh - I think i had to do...

Not making a paddle per se but I used to teach a lot of spoon carving classes and always encouraged my students to bring a zip-loc...

Looks like I should look for a Sawyer, thanks for the input. Jim

i rigged a sawyer squeeze and a 2 liter cnoc water bag into a gravity fed filter. by far the simplest, lightest, and easiest to use...

For a rear tie down point I use the trailer hitch receiver. I have had 4 Foresters and each has had a hitch which I use regularly with a...

Can't wait to watch your paddle unfold the rest of the way. Other than one paddle I made in a class years ago, I've only made laminated...

Too cold to paint my w/c project, so I'll make the first paddle with the new (1952 vintage- same as me) bandsaw added to the shop. I'm...