Tryin'

I'm heading out in a few hours. Meet at Forked Lake Campground for NFCT work weekend, then hit the trail on Sunday. Hope to get to...

The boat is going to be flipped over for the first time in months Step 1 is to just angle it up on the cradles and cleanup up anything...

Been a very busy spring, I have been plugging away on the canoe, but been delinquent on posting. Finally, the time to do the final...

At the stems, I usually manage to over squeegee the sides and create some air gaps like this This time I just said "screw it", I am...

It has been a couple years that I have been looking around trying to figure out what boat to get. Many of you on here have helped me out...

We tend to overthink the skid plates, IMO - especially when it comes to royalex canoes. Thankfully those in the know have abandoned the...

Hard for me to admit it's been 8 years! 8 years ago, I smashed my K19 sailboat into a submerged erratic on Lake Harris (ADK's). That...

Well, the last strip is in. And it felt good to get it there. Took a lot of finessing to get those last few strips in, and having to...

I think the skid plates are something most can pull off (and, if not, you can sand them off & try again). Practice makes perfect and...

I just switched over to single blade this year and I went with Bending Branches. I went with something similar to the Explorer, but if...

Registration for this canoe instructional symposium is now open. Information and details here...

Quicker the better, but not really critical. UV will damage the inside-y parts of the royalex fairly quickly, and water ingress is...

Yeah, as long as the core isn't rotting there, its a pretty easy fix. Even if the foam is deteriorating, that small of an area isn't a...

You could visit the cathedral......oh, you don't mean Ely UK!

Well, that'll probably make the 3k mile trip worthwhile. 😉