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In addition to the engineering cleverness of Yellow-Yellow described above, there are others in the Adirondacks. "Cliff", a bear in the...

That's what you get with cheap materials, unskilled manufacture, near zero necessary skill set to operate, and the generational demand...

I have many hundreds of canoe miles carrying canoes overhead with bow tie downs, a 34' voyageur, 23' C4, and a few different solos (only...

Lke the Hornbeck and similar ilk (no offense, as I have 3 Hornbecks), they are normally propelled by kayak paddles, which is not much of...

Site 18 always catches the worst brunt of the west wind. Because of that it is a very desirable site during bug season, not so much in...

Having said all the above, which is mostly relative to bow paddle racing in voaygeur and C4 canoes, I also by necessity and favor being...

I began family canoe tripping in a 17' Grumman in the early 1970's with my wife, two small kids, and a dog. Since none of the others had...

An abandoned loon egg. it's a long story, but when I discovered it after it had obviously rolled out of a nest perched on a mud mound, I...

But they don't test for determined red squirrels. A few years ago, I saw a Garcia, the heavy black bear resistant canister, with a...

i was in the Air Force TDY as part of a Tanker Task Force at Eielson AFB over December-January 1975-1976. We landed (coming from my base...

Did two 15 minute intervals today. (Plus a little max-effort sprint at the end, not recorded) The goal was to hold 60spm for 15min and...

Paddling alone with no other boats in sight in a starting field of 80 or more boats on the Yiukon River races, hopefully with the...

I think you will. I've haven't met a much nicer bunch of people than the ones I met when I was canoe racing. I don't know what kind of...

As my normal crew position is in the bow, I start at the gun race beginning sprint at roughly 80spm. We keep that up for the first 3-4...

Again, I think it depends a lot on the particular canoe, the paddler, and to some extent, the paddle (I favor a long bladed ottertail...