CaptainOllieWest

Ready to hit the local lake!

Here are a couple, I will have to get some better ones next time I drag her out. Ive gone back and forth with the front seat. Its back...

The answer is yes, buy the canoe! ... wait, you have a soloized Tripper? Pictures?

Went back over this afternoon, removed all of the clamps & scraped the excess epoxy where it squeezed out. I then used the pull saw to...

Cravated coxcombs, lounging ladies in courting canoes, long paddles with beaver blades. Some of the solo paddlers look very skilled with...

This is what I have. I’ve had the metal bits to make my own pole maybe 40 years but since I found an intact one I haven’t been...

I lucked out and found an ice hook at an antique store over the weekend. The ice hook is used when paddling when the water is partially...

suffering from a paddling deficit, sneaked out after work a new heronry, dozens of nests, the herons had strong loud opinions about...

Australian aborigine in dugout. Not my photo, obviously. Hunting? Fishing?

Thread 'Charlie Wilson's 2023 Canoe Compare Sheet and Technical Notes on Displacement Hulls'...

Evening paddle yesterday

Update: I messaged the seller out of curiosity. It is a 1994 model Merlin.

Florida native Canna lily called Bandana of the Everglades growing lakeside.

Pretty water last night.

I went to Sylvania for my first canoe camping trip. Copy and paste a trip report. I came back early, which says something. Sunday was...