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I’ve paddled the Advantage a few more times and have a few more thoughts. Sit and switch is the way to paddle it. I’m much slower...

I used Titebond 3 to glue a wooden do-dad that sat outside on the ground and in the weather for two years. I was surprised that the glue...

Welcome to the site. A man can fix almost anything, but why? It’s going to be a lot of effort. And when it’s finished you’ll have an...

I see a line! Funny, how from above, I always see the line. Paddling on the river, it never looks the same.

I enjoyed the video. Thanks for posting. I’m impressed by the work James Carey must do to capture all that relaxing. Set up a camera...

A great playground, indeed. I paddled all the whitewater sections, including Smokehole, Moorefield, North Fork during my whitewatering...

I had one. It fell out of the sheath, which was on my vest, and got lost. Then, I found the exact same knife laying on the ground at a...

“Tilley hat floated away.” good one!

35 years ago they were teaching the cross draw in New York. My wife paddles bow and I don't ever remember seeing her do a bow pry. The...

Cross-bow vs. bow pry: I believe the cross bow is the most powerful stroke in canoeing, because you use your whole back and torso. When...

I had a Maine guide paddle, never used it, and gave it away. It was huge, at least six ft, heavy and had a big blade. There was a p-net...

Hah! I live in in the eastern megalopolis, and so do you. It can be a long way to an immersive nature experience. My dad had my little...

The thing about a double blade is that you have to hold it up all the time. Unless you are using a Mohawk plastic-aluminum single blade...

Roger Corbett was the author of Virginia Whitewater, a paddler’s guide to the flowing creeks and rivers of the Old Dominion. I was a...

Thanks, Canoe Trip. I’ve sent you a DM.