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Within a week I should be closing on a property on the south edge of the Gila national forest east of Silver City, NM. Looks like there is some decent paddling along the Gila river although the window to run it sounds pretty narrow and flow dependent. I've read a few trip reports from...

In my experience I do not find this to be the case. Moving weight to the stern usually fixes this issue but that should make it worse if it was current rather than wind. Kayaks seem much less affected by the wind than canoes and I can only attribute this to much less hull exposed to wind above...

I remember it being a very popular hull for the mainly lake trippers over on BWCA.com Alan

Not that I think it necessarily matters one way or the other but I can't imagine the seat and thwarts are original based on the age of the canoe. They look quite new and I would be surprised if it originally came outfitted with a bolted in yoke that far aft. Alan

I can't say for sure about air chambers but I had an old Wildfire and as I remember it was just a block of black foam glued to each stem. These look like they might be version 2.0 of that. That boat had wood gunwales so I can't say about these aluminum gunwales being original or not. Alan

I used to like snowshoeing. Then one winter we had record snowfall and it stuck around all winter long. If I wanted to go for a walk, which I do often, I pretty much had to snowshoe. That's when I realized I really only enjoyed snowshoeing for the novelty. From that point on I only broke out...

I was unaware of this tent until Snapper posted the above comment in another thread. I'm curious from Snapper and anyone else how the Cimarron compares to the CCS lean. I'm familiar with the CCS Lean and have spent many nights in one. The Lean 1 is a palace for one person and still has...

I've found the best way to counteract the bow wanting to point into the wind is to add more weight to the stern. A dry bag partially filled with water often does the trick if there is no gear to shift rearward. Some boats require more counter weight than others. Alan

Nice post and nice setup with pictures and descriptions. You might want to consider editing the title of your post. I would never have guessed the contents of the post judging from the title. Alan

Looking good!

Some boards will move as you remove material as internal stresses are relieved. When I was using cottonwood those planks really tended to crook while cutting strips, despite being jointed before hand. I stopped 2-3 times during each plank for a quick run over the jointer to keep it true during...

Here are some links to freighter canoe plans that might help: https://sandypointboatworks.com/boat-building-articles-journals/boat-building-jounals/18-great-northern-freighter-canoe https://duckworks.com/18-outboard-motor-freight-canoe-plans/ Here's a link to a build thread on this site...

How rock resistant does it need to be? Are we talking scraping over the occasional rock or banging off rocks while running CII and CIII? I think people tend to either under estimate the durability of lighter weight layups or over estimate the waters they normally paddle. I've had plenty of rock...

I know nothing about the boat but this thread might have some interesting info if you haven't seen it. https://www.canoetripping.net/threads/the-new-swift-dy-redesign-of-the-dragonfly.129745/

I agree with this as well. I don't doubt that it really does breath but in my experience my ability to produce moisture generally outperforms it's ability to get rid of it. And it's long term water resistance leaves much to be desired. I used to get all my shoes/boots with goretex liners...

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Yes. They are picky about this. Too much weight in the bow and it tends to pin. Getting a proper feel for this will also come with time in the seat. I would recommend starting with the seat back and inching it ahead until you feel the bow start to pin, then slide it back a little until it...

I used to have a J-180. I swamped it plenty of times. I never did get used to it. The part that drove me nuts is that I never felt unstable. The primary stability feels pretty good. It's just that there seems to be no secondary stability after you dip the wing. I'd be paddling along just fine...

I agree with lowangle al that the only waterproof jacket I have is my rain coat. I bought a Mountain Hardwear one about 15 years ago. I went to a good store and tried many on to find what fit me best. It has pit zips and is a vapor permeable outer similar to Goretex. I'm sure it's not as...

I was active on a sawmill forum for a while that also had a lot of loggers and foresters. As I recall one of the reasons paulownia failed as commercial lumber was that it required a lot of maintenance to keep the trees limbed and cleaned to produce quality logs, especially early on in their...