Boatman53

With canoe tripping, comes portaging. My babe is 850M up there someplace. This was possibly the easiest/flattest portage of the trip...

Another Mainer here, welcome to the campfire. I look forward to what you can share. Jim

Hello all, dropping in from Maine. Mostly on the eastern/central side of things. I had some ocean going canoe experiences as a youth and...

Came across this little guy and thought it looked exotic. My snake expert brother-in-law said it was just a baby Black Ratsnake (aka...

My daughter took these on a paddle some years back, I'm posting them in reverse order: It's the bridge you paddle under going from...

It's starting to look like fall at 2000' in the Poconos.

An interlake marsh in Salisbury, Connecticut, last Sunday: A study in green and gray (including a graybeard).

Here's an English article about the trip...

If anything else, I’d like to contribute these 1mm cotton cords to the world of SoF boat building methods. Pretty much everybody always...

My rear lining holes were about 2” over the waterline. More load up front will increase that gap a tad. Perfect location,

I would like to know more about how "the maximum load" for your canoe was determined. There are a broad variety of ways to calculate...

Welcome to the campfire JPin, pull up a stump and throw another log on the fire. Jim

Hello Everyone, I've recently retired and rewarded myself with a new solo canoe, something I've desired for a long, long time. I found...

Here’s the two canoes ready to go. I saw the Mad River for the first time in 30 years. It’s a Freedom! I remember we did some not easy...

During last winter I began to hear rumblings of Hemlock experimenting with a new layup and fabric colors. Fast forward to this years...