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And: "Man plans, God laughs." — Yiddish saying If there's an Apocalypse, I wouldn't go north into a short growing season and freeze-to-death climate. I head south where it's warm all year long and food can be grown all year long. South America. Brazil maybe. Good canoeing there, too. The next...

Congrats, Steve. I'm beginning to have some balance issues. Nothing diagnosed but it's annoying. Is there a difference between the two poles? Non-poler question: Why two?

30 inches center-to-center of aero bars. With 15' canoes, solid as a rock with two belly straps and front and rear V lines. Never tried it with any longer boats but don't see why a 16' canoe would make much difference. I drove the Nova Craft Bob Special from West Virginia to Connecticut and...

It's a removable Mercedes factory rack that screws into bolt holes in the roof. I believe it's made by Thule. The functional crossbar width is 34 inches. That's wide enough to have carried three different 15' canoes on the rack. Yes, on interstates too. First, here's a head-on shot of the...

Whew, I'm tuckered out just reading about this Frankenstein trip: Plans discussed on CTnet. Thousands of miles of driving. Trains. Alone. Flooded river. Space alien cops. Helicopter rescue. Lost equipment. Satellite communications. Mylene in Costa Rica. Mylene comes back from Costa Rica for...

We knew you could do it, Tryin'! We won't complain, much less divorce you. I don't need another canoe, but I'm lusting after that van conversion parked down the curb.

DJ, welcome to site membership! Feel free to ask any questions and to post messages, photos and videos, and to start threads, in our many forums. Please read Welcome to CanoeTripping and Site Rules! Also, because canoeing is a geographic sport, please add your location to the Account Details...

Shawn, I'm not one of the builders or repairers, but I do want to welcome you to site membership! Feel free to ask any questions and to post messages, photos and videos, and to start threads, in our many forums. Please read Welcome to CanoeTripping and Site Rules! Many of the site's technical...

On the Grey Owl website it says the Cambridge, Ontario, company was bought by a hockey stick manufacturer, Roustan, in May 2025, which will move all the paddle-making equipment to Brantford, Ontario, and continue paddle production. Several newspaper articles report this. Here's one...

This is a 32 mile relay race from Catalina Island to Newport, California. It's a relay because different paddlers switch into the boats at specified distances. Some relay switches are shown. Note that all paddlers use bent shaft paddles and most use a double bend. The Tahitian-style hulls don't...

In the following video, you can see the iceberg calving and causing a mini-tsusami in the harbor: I once enjoyably paddled among and around small icebergs in Portage Lake, Alaska, only to lose my camera with all the pictures of my Alaska trip as I was leaving Portage Creek.

Such utilitarian pragmatists. Sheesh . . . where are your aesthetic sensibilities? Do you not polish your scuffed alligator leather boots? Do you not clean spaghetti sauce off your Italian silk ties? Do you not clean smudges off your windows? Do you not buff and polish your nails? Do you not...

Here are the photos from that thread. In the first photo the owner outlined the "WF" initials in Photoshop to make it more visible through the overlying paint. No one could identify the canoe, but some speculated the "WF" stamped on the deck could be the initials of the owner or of a livery.

Here's an article on the subject . . . https://paddlingmag.com/skills/how-to-get-kids-into-paddling/ . . . but it would be more interesting to read some advice and experiences from you folks. You can include how you yourselves got interested in canoeing as a kid, and pictures of kids in canoes...

Hope the van and trip work out for you. Especially if they include paddling trips. You have two significant advantages over me: You can fix both cars and boats expertly. I could never do either. If you are planning on customizing the van for boat travel and the interior as a living space, that...

I'm not clear on how the plastic blocks are fixed into the pockets. Will they lift out? Not familiar with pick-up beds. Where did you go and what did you do with that delicate leaf? That's not even the square stern. I can't keep track of all the boats you've built, bought and boosted.

Ah, those were the days. Young. Strong. Time. Cross-continent travel. Base camping. Day paddles. No plan. Pictured several times before, this was my "travel kit" for many years: My 1997 Dodge van conversion, in which I'd travel, sleep and cook, and on top of which semi-permanently resided my...

Looks good, Max! Thanks for taking time to document your repairs with informative words and pictures. They will help both current and future composite canoeists to take on such repair projects, which is one of the purposes and strengths of this site.

Close to the no politics line, guys. Thank you for not crossing it.

How many feet are sticking out from under that parasol? I'd guess the spiffy gentleman would sit behind the Victrola on what looks like a stern seat with a Roman cushion.