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Funny that Swift describes the prospector design that way since all of their prospectors are actually based off of other Chestnut...

When I was looking for a durable expedition tandem I didn't start out considering Clipper's Prospector 17, mainly because I considered...

My question is why would you call this boat a Prospector? To me a Prospector is deep and wide with full stems and a fair amount of...

Good deal - buy it! Mohawk made great boats, but you don't see a lot of them around here in New England. Mostly I see whitewater solos...

A home made cover on a voyageur canoe racing in the Yukon River Five Finger Rapids. Myself in the bow, in one shot i am sumerged diving...

What are the best river and inland lake canoes of all time? [Assuming you're including some whitewater capability but not difficult...

The interesting thing about these kinds of posts is that they are subjective. Each of us sets the criteria to determine what is "best"...

1. - the more choices we have, the more unhappy we are with the choices we make. 2. - Pick one and look at the rest. The secret...

For this trip you need a splash cover - holy crap... I love when they climb on top of the up-side-down canoe and paddle it to shore.

As a tandem, the MR Explorer. I don't own one, but I paddle them all the time since several of my friends do. I should buy one someday...

What a difference a week makes - the put in yesterday - ice free up and down the river. Oh well...

I'm a little on the fence over this and other related topics- while I really don't like burning plastics, at the same time I don't like...

Reading these last couple of posts got me thinking about an issue we had last year regarding an outbreak of invasive Hydrilla at the...

I will add a perspective about perspective. Over the last few decades, I have struggled to keep canoe routes from being destroyed in my...

Don't burn plastic. It is usually easy to rinse and carry out. I'll burn paper and food waste. I did a trip a couple of years ago...