Gamma1214

Hello everyone! I’m excited to join this canoeing community as a proud owner of a beautiful canoe.

Background The Reservoir Manicouagan was created in 1970 when the Daniel-Johnson Dam aka Manic-Cinq (Manic-5) was completed. It is one...

My first strip didn’t go so well. I end up breaking it off just as the glue was finishing setting. There gaps were too big and I knew...

I can't say paddling is a major percentage of my leisure activity but I've probably been doing it for longer than anything else, ~60...

With canoe tripping, comes portaging. My babe is 850M up there someplace. This was possibly the easiest/flattest portage of the trip...

I’m in, her name is Loretta, she follows me everywhere.

I had one of those tents and would a fix a tarp over it as it misted through in a hard rain. Had to change sites one time and just put...

Welcome. A trip to Maine is probably 7-10 years away for me so I'll look forward to another possibility of seeing it through posts.

Hello all, dropping in from Maine. Mostly on the eastern/central side of things. I had some ocean going canoe experiences as a youth and...

In my experience if I navigate around just one fallen tree the chance of seeing another person is close to zero. I paddled with one...

SG, my wife is away right now so I'm free to put the hours in. Like you mentioned before the plans come with very good directions for...

I'll certainly have to try that on some test panels before my next build. I'm not sure I understand the mechanics of it, though... How...

I pack a Deuce of Spades (2 of them in fact; I keep one in the ditch kit too). I bought it mostly because I appreciated what I thought...

Proper? I guess it depends on how big of a cat you are planning on burying...... Personally I just take one of these cheap nylon things

I'm not sure where you're saving the weight Jim. Is it on the inside of the stripper? I only use a wet-out coat (no fill coats) on the...