Recent content by Art D

Historically, limited access to capital has been true for every generation, not just millennials. And in every generation an enterprising few have found a way. Besides, if the plan is to shut it down and sell off the assets, then I would imagine a motivated seller would be flexible on the price...

While I empathize with that desire, it does deny the rest of us access to a paddle specific store, even if that store becomes something different over time. This is especially concerning after the loss of White Rose Canoe earlier this year. Also, as a 65 year old, I don’t agree with his...

So I’m a bit unclear. Is it that he has not found a buyer, or that he has simply decided not to sell it? .

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Hi all. I know parking at Attean Pond launch on the Moose River Bow trip was closed for a while. Does none know if it is currently available? Thanks. Art

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I’ve been working on this style for a couple of years and have found that it applies to canoes quite well. I know most of us don’t race or paddle for speed, but this technique is also efficient. Here are a couple of links: or go here Tahitian technique 1 Or go here Tahitian technique 2

Let me advise that it simply takes time in the boat to stretch out your ankles. It took me a year and half before I could comfortably paddle an hour and a half while kneeling. Now, two years later, I’m paddling two hours and 45 minutes four times a week while kneeling and find it comfortable. I...

I always thought that under such conditions I would retreat to wilderness. During Covid, I learned that pretty much everyone else had the same plan, and we saw huge population growth in our small rural communities in Maine, so much so that Covid transmission became just as active here as...

Check out this maker. I have his canoe basket and it’s very nice. Not cheap, but so few people make black ash baskets anymore. https://billmackowskitraditionals.com/

I loved using a hammock for sleep quality, but as I get older, I find myself having to get up several times a night to pee. For me, not having mastered the skills of peeing into a bottle while laying down, that meant getting out of the hammock and enduring a cloud of mosquitoes. So I went back...

If they can’t, I have for sale a white SRT that has never seen water, one of the last boats built by Dave. I purchased it as a backup when it looked like Dave might close shop. It has the style of stickers that Dave was using the last couple of years. Boat is in Maine, but shipping probably is...

Hi all. Just giving this a bump now that we’re in the thick of spring river season. I am will to listen to reasonable and responsible offers.Art

This may be partially true. I did the Allagash twice last year and can confirm the rangers will ferry your gear around Chase Rapids for $10. I do not know for sure that they will take passengers, but it is my understanding that is so.

I have a white Hemlock SRT in premium layup for sale, purchased when it looked like Hemlock was going out of business. This has never seen water. I own another SRT that I love, so no need for this one now that I know Hemlock will continue building canoes under new owners. Price is $4,000. If...