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My best canoe & plane combo? These two: 15' Island Falls Canoe Co. Willow model Stanley #5, Type 11 bench plane (circa 1902-1919)

One skin layer of the nylon

I was too as of last spring… Cape Falcon Kayak has many videos if you wish to go down that rabbit hole. The skin is a ballistic nylon...

I know next to nothing about SOF canoes, so pardon my ignorance but what are the skins made of? The same fabrics as regular composite...

More than in several years, due to improved physical condition, a new-to-me 28 lb. canoe, and an affirmative effort to connect with...

sadly not a single time, but that's only the second season I've missed in 65 years- first season I missed was when I broke my back and...

Only once, and for less than a mile. 😢 But it was on tidal water, San Domingo Creek at Saint Michaels, MD during the Mid Atlantic...

I have a simple daily goal: escape sedentary. The escape vehicles are hiking, biking, and paddling. Of course, life gets in the way and...

I had a very busy summer, so only got out a few times. One overnighter, a handful of solo paddles and a few with my wife. Hard water...

I actually had better luck with the camera-shy white bird after that (I’m told they’re Egrets). I briefly wondered if a second picture...

114 days, so far. It's the cusp of drysuit season.

3 times, which is truly pitiful considering that one of them was a test paddle in my buddy's pond! I'll have to get back to it in '26...

A little over 100 miles split about evenly between canoe and kayak. Almost all in 3-5 mile chunks. Most solo, some with my wife.

It is a little early to be coming up with year-end totals – there are still a couple of months to go. ;) I don’t track miles, but I do...

Not as much as I would like. I got only one trip in with my son and a bunch of day paddling. I did explore some new water and the new...