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didn't see this thread until now.. we were out on Mudro Lake - Crooked - Fourtown loop for 9 days during those storms.. it was a thing...

Nice dog. Luck of the draw. I remember heading out across Basswood Lake in huge swells. Everyone in the group of 8 was wondering what...

Boges and I just finished the windiest trip I can remember. Clear from the onset my recent injuries would affect the trip. While I was...

Ready to hit the local lake!

What impressed me was exactly the same phrase you quote above. I no longer rock hop either. But the point it drove home to me was that...

The brigade of the expedition To the North Sea left Tadoussac on May 31, four weeks ago already. Since then, it is several hundred...

I don't know where to look but I think it will be pretty easy to find. I put vinyl decals on some of my canoes and at the time my mother...

I used the knock-down wood gunnel kit on a Royalex Mad River Explorer salvage project, it has been some years now and no issues. Modern...

Quick intro post (Hey, how are all y'all?) and looking for advice on which repairs you'd do on this Royalex Penobscot 16 I just picked...

Welcome to the forum! First off, the Penobscot 16 is one of my favorite royalex canoes and worth bringing back to usable shape. I...

Don’t know how many of you folks are in the northeast, but if you are you have probably been to a dam release on the Deerfield River...

good story, thank you for posting.. this struck me, "It’s a simple rock hop, one he’s made hundreds of times in his 50 years of...

This a from a whitewater raft journey, but the accident is one any of us could have anywhere. [And incidentally, this Franklin River...

We've complained about lousy boats and gear. In this thread, let's discuss some new purchases that have turned out really well, that you...

I just got an Advantage. The distance between the gunwales is narrower than on the similarly-tractor-seated Rendezvous and the clamp-in...