Recent content by BirchBeer

Thanks for the update it looks incredible. It seems like you met your goals and then some.

I read this whole thread an many others here along with canoecraft, and I have to say you all have filled in so many details and all I can say is thank you and you’ve all sealed my fate and I will be definitely building a canoe this winter. That being said @Cruiser how does it paddle?? You...

I hadn't heard of Clark Bowlen. Wow his skin on fram canoe builds look very interesting! Are there other threads here where folks discuss the his builds?

That sounds like an awesome trip. I love that train. The Canadian! Earlier this summer I was on that train and it stopped to pick up a canoe and a couple of paddlers. I also chatted with some other trippers getting off with their gear in Winnipeg and getting flown into the Bloodvein area for a...

Thanks Mike It looks like its a 2020. Did I understood correctly that you are working on a T-formex replacement?

Yeah it's the standard tandem setup without wood gunwales. Hmmmm let me find that tape measure .... yep its a 16'. The scale setup wasn't the best but I doubt that it was 10 lbs off. I'm pretty happy for the 10 extra pounds of durability ... ;)

Well I just weighed it for you. I hadn't weighed it until now because I apparently preferred being in denial. I weighed it by balancing it on its side on a decent digital bathroom scale. My 16' Prospecteur t-Formex comes in at a disappointing 76lbs! So I'd have to think the 17 would likely weigh...

Mike McCrea I'll see if I can get the weights of both those boats as it would be really interesting to know.

Hey Rubbaboo/Ruby, It's great to see that another local is on this forum. Although I feel somewhat of an imposter as we've only relocated here last year. My wife had to tell me what "Queens city" is. I really should have figured that one out. Also, I can't even imagine how you coped with the...

Hellman Canoes! So many canoe manufacturers! As far as I know Clipper, Swift, Novacraft, and Esquif are what we have available locally and the stocks as of now are very low for this spring.

Yeah that canoe has sailed. Money has traded hands for the Esquif and I'm seeing it as a forgiving canoe for folks who are learning and haven't really dialed in a tripping style. I do have an affinity for running whitewater, but very little experience doing it in a canoe. The outfitters in the...

PaddlingPitt, yes I have that book as well, thanks for pointing it out. I also have Ric Driediger's book Paddling routes of Northern Saskatchewan on order.

Thanks recped, I'm dreaming of getting up to the Churchill, Missinipe and CRCO. Thanks for the links to the old canoe routes. My wife gave me the book Canoeing the Churchill by Greg Marchildon for Xmas. It's a really exceptional book about the area.

Thanks for the input billconner. The capacity of the Prospecteur 16 is 850lbs, so yes hopefully that makes a comfortable carry of 550 to 600lbs. So 550lbs minus my weight of 240 and my wife's of 120 ends up with 190 to 240 lbs left over for gear. Does that sound unreasonable? But the gist...

I am expecting to do a fair bit portaging. I'm hoping to do a lot canoeing of the Churchill river area of Saskatchewan and there are plenty of portages as far as I can tell.