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I canoed with my father a few times/year as a kid fishing the local river and I paddled a couple times solo on the lake to go fishing but as soon as I had a driver's license it was goodbye canoes and hello motorized fishing boats. I took up paddling again in my mid-20's. I grew up in a small...

@Chip I initially did not ever consider this as an option because that's what I expected but after hearing some people say the passenger version was much better I test drove a couple and was pleasantly surprised. Even driving on a windy day there was no noticeable wind noise. Road noise is...

I drove one for quite few years. With all the rear seats removed there was plenty of room for a cot and all my gear. I lived out of it for a couple months while traveling with plenty of other 2-3 week trips. Easy to drive, decent mileage, lots of room, and no one will look twice at it no...

The van arrived. Looks like a winner so far. I'd like to get back into traveling more and a minivan is the best way I've found for myself.

I have a new (to me) van scheduled to be delivered today for this purpose. That "boat that shall not be mentioned" is definitely in consideration for this potential trip. Alan

Yes, no planning for me so no scheduled trips or shuttles unless one falls into my lap. I didn't make it very clear in my original post but while I'm happy to have suggestions for myself I was mainly curious what everyone else would take for their one boat on a long road trip and why. Alan

This is mostly just a fun mental exercise for now. I'm thinking of taking a 30+ day road trip to the PNW next summer and, of course, have been debating whether or not to take a boat. And, if I do, which boat to take. I think that for me personally paddling exploration will mostly take a back...

That's probably a good point about flexibility and spider cracking. I had a Magic in Kevlight layup and it had quite a few spider cracks. As I recall all of them were in the chines/sides where there was no foam core. I don't recall any spider cracks on the bottom of the hull and it went over...

I'm not quite sure what to think of gelcoat. I've owned boats with and without. The boats with gel coat tended to develop spider cracks from even minor contact with point load sources but other than aesthetics those spider cracks didn't hurt anything. Obviously it adds weight too but one thing...

Here's an old post from the BWCA forum with some input from Rob Kesselring on his 30 pound tandem after 20+ trips to the BWCA, many of which were likely guiding trips. At the end of the post he mentions he had recently bought an even lighter version of the hull...

I think some of that would depend on the type of rocks that make up these gravel bars and how extensive they are. I wouldn't think twice about dragging a semi-lightweight composite canoe over a submerged gravel bar of rounded river rocks for 20 yard but I might think twice if they the bars were...

Maybe I missed it but what are your height and weight?

Wenonah makes two different sizes of buckets. I'm not sure which size comes on the Encounter but likely you would find the small size to be too small. The small size comes standard on their racing canoes and I've more often seen the large size on their tripping models. I personally don't find...

My local farm supply store has graphite powder for lubricating some sort of farm equipment. It's always worked well for me and it's a squeeze bottle, like ketchup, which makes it easy to dispense. Alan

Tryin' makes good points. I think the big question is whether or not you're running whitewater. If not then I think even the very lightweight layups would probably be fine. Maybe even better suited since the light weight will make it more likely that you'll carry it instead of drag it and also...

Seems like you want it so you might as well get it. A little minor repair work and, at worst, you could resell it for what you have in it if you decide you don't like it. I've never paddled one. I raced against one (me in my Magic) in a recreational canoe class and it was super windy that day...

I agree with Gamma. Doesn't look like anything that got into the cloth. I wouldn't worry about it but, like Tryin' said, you could give it a little epoxy if it makes you feel better. Alan

I've never seen anything like that! Is it made to be used that way? Was it modified? Alan

My tent setup is lighter than my hammock setup by about a pound. They're both fairly light setups but I could go lighter on both of them. I don't see a weight savings between the two, only comfort and practicality depending on where you're camping. I thought the hammock was the bees' knees when...

Sounds like a good excuse to charter a helicopter back in a couple weeks to finish the trip. Alan