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LOL. I had the same thought when I first saw the undersized plans. :) Alan

Cottonwood tends to have interlocking grain and is generally resistant to splitting. It might not be as tough as what you're looking for though and pretty much no one saws it. It's super easy to saw though and dries well as long as the logs are quality with no stress (centered pith and the tree...

What about red elm? American elm is all but gone here as well but there is enough red elm that it can be had from small scale sawmillers. It's not something you'd find commercially but maybe someone has it. Finding a good, small scale, sawmiller is not always an easy task either. And if they...

Beware of scammers. They tend to pick up on "wanted" classified posts and will send a private message stating they know someone who has what you're looking for and will then give you an e-mail to contact that other person. There have been a couple instances where the PM has come from an...

From some quick research, which certainly wasn't exhaustive, it looks like you could expect to pay $1200 or more for a nice Kevlar canoe in 1985. In today's money that would equal $3600, which which appears to be right in line with the cost of a new Kevlar canoe today. And I would guess that...

Beware of scammers. They tend to pick up on "wanted" classified posts and will send a private message stating they know someone who has what you're looking for and will then give you an e-mail to contact that other person. There have been a couple instances where the PM has come from an...

DPI will have no effect on the size of a digital image. DPI, as far as I know, only comes into play when you print something on paper. In the digital universe the pixel dimensions are the only thing that matters when it comes to displayed size. More pixels=larger image The easiest way to...

Always fun to see something different. It sounds like you've researched it well. Looking forward to following along! Alan

I like that idea and it's a good one. I try to live that way but it's tough. You don't wan to miss out on opportunities when you're young and fit but you don't want to shoot yourself in the foot and end up broke at 70 and unable to travel or do what you love. I skipped college and started my...

I looked up the link you provided and that section looks like an easy one to do solo. A bike shuttle would be simple enough. Alan

Thanks for the info and I will keep that offer in mind. It almost certainly won't happen this year unless it turns into a really wet year and it's runnable later this summer/fall. I close on the house today and will drive down a car load of "stuff" in about a month for a 1 1/2 week visit but...

You're really taking a beating with the weather on this trip. That's the kind of thing that can really get you down. It's frustrating to deal with things you have no control over. I had thought I might get back into tripping this summer. Your adventure makes me think otherwise. :) Alan

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