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DDaleS reacted to Glenn MacGrady's post in the thread 1981 Mike Galt Essay: "The Solo Path" with
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Patrick Moore, who knew Mike Galt personally and professionally probably as well as anyone in the 1970s and early 80s, wrote a long... -
DI didn't mean to suggest he was compromising in order to write for Canoesport Journal, but thought it was interesting how people and...
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DYou sometimes are asked to write about something specific but that doesn’t necessarily compromise the writer’s integrity. Was fortunate...
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DGood point, but I was thinking more about his perspectives on solo and tandem sport canoeing. I went back and looked at Mike Galt's...
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DWe’ve had discussions here before WRT Mike and the intertwined relation with Harry Roberts too. I was a Roberts fan, preferred the sit...
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DDaleS reacted to Glenn MacGrady's post in the thread 1981 Mike Galt Essay: "The Solo Path" with Like.
The Caper is not nearly as flared as Galt's earlier Dandy, BJX and Egret, and was possibly his least flared canoe. It's also the first...
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DDaleS reacted to Glenn MacGrady's post in the thread 1981 Mike Galt Essay: "The Solo Path" with Like.
From the Wayback Machine, here is that essay in its original 1978 Wilderness Camping magazine format complete with pictures, which I've...
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DCertainly do miss those days…the heyday of solo canoeing. Replete with characters, excitement over something “new” at canoe demo days...
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DDaleS reacted to Steve in Idaho's post in the thread 1981 Mike Galt Essay: "The Solo Path" with Like.
Well, I missed that whole era. Thank heavens we have canoetripping.net. And Mike's sentiments on solo canoes match mine, but he says it...
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DI fondly remember the old "Canoe" magazine with its numerous articles, photos and informative stories. Reading Mike Galt, Harry Roberts...
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DDaleS reacted to Glenn MacGrady's post in the thread 1981 Mike Galt Essay: "The Solo Path" with Like.
This 1981 Canoe Magazine essay by Mike Galt is a poetic paean to solo canoeing, replete with many classic Galt-isms: "Solo. Alone. But...
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DDaleS reacted to Halpc's post in the thread Good all around tandem for flatwater and rivers with Like.
The "crack" in the gunnel (in the photo with the thwart) appears to just be the seam between the inwale and outwale. My 1989 vintage...
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DDaleS reacted to M Clemens's post in the thread Good all around tandem for flatwater and rivers with Like.
A concern I raised earlier. I have seen this before on sun-baked hulls, where the epoxy seems to have been 'cooked off'. Some folks...
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DDaleS reacted to memaquay's post in the thread Good all around tandem for flatwater and rivers with Like.
More pictures would be helpful for a full diagnostic, lol. From the few you have included, my immediate concern would be why is the...
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DDaleS reacted to lu22's post in the thread Good all around tandem for flatwater and rivers with Like.
Hi all! I offered $900 for the MRE and purchased it for $1000 and they included a couple nice paddles. The boat does need some work (...