Dana

For me, no tent, but I don't camp in bug season. Tarp, ground cloth, and bivy sack. Sleeping bag according to weather. Thermarest...

The best thing to do with over ripe bananas is make banana bread. However, sometimes the bananas are just too ripe, so they have to be...

It's not actually speed that matters; it's (neglecting the effects of bow rise with speed) the angle between the boat's centerline and...

This is a canoe that needs to find a new home, though that new home may be a funeral pyre... This is a big boat, twenty feet long and...

"It's the right thing to do." But I'm glad it's not me that's doing it... :ROFLMAO:

LaVerendrye, Qc. August 2026

I was in my canoe on the river between Long Lake and Tully Reservoir in Royalston, Massachusetts, yesterday when I stopped among the...

One more "final" tweak: I used the standard 32" contour seats from Ed's when I rebuilt the canoe, but since then I've gotten really...

Today I had company on my paddle.

Mine didn't break at the scarf. One inwale broke at a drain notch near but not at the midpoint (I omitted the centermost notch because...

@Erica, I came into this thread late, but you have me captivated! Suggestion: compile this into a single article and magazines will...

Lac du Poéte The Disney ride spit me out and into Lac de Poéte with a middling sized bay to the right. This was the very first place I...

A gray day after the rain passed, but so quiet and still that paddling was a joy, I stayed out for a couple of hours just paddling in...

And a year later, the final touch:

In Harriman State Park (NY), many lakes were created by damming small streams, none of them navigable AFAIK, to create lakes for...