Recent content by Bob B.

I forgot to add, when looking for a canoe, you may want to try one with foot braces. They are really helpful in fighting fatigue and getting the most power in your paddle stroke of you are not paddling from a kneeling position. Bob.

Miss Katie, Welcome to the site! I think you will find a lot of great info here, from a lot of really great people. You have many recommendations so far, all very reasonable and worth serious consideration. I especially would encourage you ( like has been mentioned here ) to talk with Bear...

This is the kind of post that interests me. I am a huge fan of the Baker Lean-to, but like Whelens as well. I used to have a large Baker with a wood stove that was base camp for deer season, November through January in Wisconsin. I am excited to see your finished product … and read details of...

Welcome rmoreau. I am not sure you are going to find an easy fix . That said I used to own a Royalex Old Town Penobscot, 16 feet long that had wood slotted gunnels. Finding one like that would be pretty hard. Good luck to you. Bob.

I too make my food from dry goods. Dehydrated burger ( venison), mixed with hamburger helper. Knorr rice sides with dehydrated burger etc. My breakfast is coffee and a breakfast bar. Lunch, if I eat mid day, is a flat bread with peanut butter and honey and coffee. I usually travel a good bit...

Very interesting post. My first thought is I make sure all my canoes are tandem not solo, a sacrifice in ease of paddling, to make sure my dog can go with me … but that is really not what Glenn is after. To his point, I have missed out on some family events to participate in my wilderness...

I always travel with my tarp - solo or in a group. I find it to be a most useful piece of kit. I sometimes use a screen tarp bugout shelter. Usually I just bring my Lean one tent tarp and my 10 x 14 CCS tarp to put over my cooking area. When trips are really rainy, I incorporate my tarp with...

I am a cloud watcher. Like Rippy, Red sky at night, red sky in morning … When fish scales ( mackerel scales ) are in the sky, within 24 hours it will not be dry. Cirrus clouds indicate weather change, usually getting warmer but then producing rain, mind your wind direction and velocity...

Welcome, this is a terrific canoe site with many friendly knowledgeable people. Bob.

Tent is a lean one. Lines on tent are rolled up and held in place with elastic hair bands. The tent is then stuffed in the stuff sack.

Did you find those swans in your new canoe?

I will lend my opinion for both Glenn and Alan. To this end, I paddle with a dog and a good amount of gear. I day paddle local lakes and Wisconsin River main channel and backwaters and trip in the boreal-namely BWCA or Quetico, as well as Woodland Caribou. I paddle tandems rigged solo...

Your pics look great. I especially liked the pictures of the poling. I am starting to learn this, but when traveling with a dog the difficulty level increases. I used to love to paddle the flooded timber in the spring on the Wisconsin River … we do not get flooded anymore … perpetual low...

Like Marten, I do the same … also add the meat to knor rice dishes, good stuff.

Yikes!