Recent content by Alan Gage

I think most of us get a few of those and we just varnish over them as long as you didn't go through the cloth. Alan

Yes, that was him. He and Paul were leading groups to Canada for a few years. I had no idea who any of them were at the time but I've remained in semi-contact with most of them on FB since the trip. Really nice group and impressive skills all around. Ray has been working on finishing up old...

It was an Olympus TG-4. I had a small camera mount that accepted a 1/4 bolt so I just drilled holes through a couple of the thwarts so I could bolt the mount where I wanted it. I would kneel with a straight unless it was a really easy one I was surprised to find that I remembered it all very...

So the kayaker broke the streak? Alan

For me it's music. It's like hearing a very muffled radio or a live band playing far away. I can hear it just enough to pick up the style of music and some of the tune but voices and instruments are mixed and muddy with nothing being clear or standing out. It just repeats over and over again. I...

I will echo the thanks to Glenn. I don't think I've looked at these videos since soon after I posted them. It was fun to go back and relive the trip. Alan

I get musical auditory pareidolia any time I'm around rapids. After multiple days on a river with a lot of whitewater it gets very annoying and might drive me to insanity if it went on for enough time. Alan

Sounds like a good hull for big boys and big trips. @Tryin' are you still looking for a boat? How does this one fit the bill? Alan

I've been happy with the Olympus Tough series. I don't know what iteration they're on now (assuming they still make it). I think the last one I bought was version 4 probably around 10 years ago. The only thing I wish for is a slightly longer zoom. Alan

I have had the same dilemma. A female mold would be ideal but there is a huge amount of cost and time involved with that and then what do you do with it when you have built the canoe you want? I still think a male mold is the best alternative for those of us making a single canoe but there are...

Your English is very good. It's easy to understand what you're saying. This sounds like a fun project. It's good you already have experience working with composites. I've made a couple composite canoes, one of them with a foam core, and while they've all turned out OK I've been a little...

That reminds me of when I bought a Sawyer Cruiser and we took it for a shakedown paddle on the Mississippi right at sunset. It was pretty well dark by the time we got done and I have never seen so many bats in my life. All skimming just over the water surface for bugs. Thousands of them and they...

I always enjoyed being out around sunset because of the increased animal activity, less heat, less wind, and no harsh mid day light. I've never been much of an early morning paddler but I always assumed it would be pretty similar

I have a little experience with the wildfire and none with the Phoenix. Looking at the specs i always assumed they were very similar in volume and handling. Other than the Phoenix being 6" longer what is there in the hull shape that makes it much different than the wildfire? Alan

I did a 40+ day trip with no extra change of clothes. It wasn't too big of a deal. If I was wet when getting to camp I'd put on my thermal bottoms I used for sleeping and some of the extra layers had. I made a point to never wear all my layers when paddling in case I had to change into...