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Being a Rob Roy, I decided to go classic and make it decked. I couldn't find any good leads on framing the deck, so I am doing this...

Stripping is done, sheerline has been cut, now on to the fun sanding part.

How many days with temps in the teens does it take to freeze a river? Based on this weekend’s experience, the answer is three. For the...

Today is also World Introverts Day. Jim

Too funny, it took me a while to realize this was last years thread, I even looked at the date and saw 2025 and thought how did I reply...

Happy New Year!

My last paddle of 2025 was on December 29th on the Swift River in the tailwater below Quabbin Reservoir in Massachusetts. There was...

I have tried nearly every kind of paint there is for boats, 2 part epoxy, reg epoxy, enamel, latex and even house paint. They all work...

At the risk of boring everyone here... First paddle of the year 2026:). Today it was even colder than yesterday, the ice was thicker and...

Happy New Year!!!

Back in the 1980s I took a group to the Boundary Waters out of Ely, MN. A couple of days in I was carrying a 17 foot Grumman on my...

My last paddle of the year... had to paddle through some "hard" water ;) Happy New Year! André

I have restored/painted quite a few fiberglass and Kevlar canoes, living in Connecticut at the time they were pretty easy to come by...

I went nuts. Absolutely squirrely. Not because of any #Blackfridaylabourdayboxingdaysenior'sdayseizethedaysusandey thing. I decided to...

I bought this T Shirt recently, cyber but not sure if it was on a Monday, I think my family thinks it’s inappropriate for my age but...