Recent content by Fritz

My first experience with tennis elbow occurred about 20 years ago. An orthopedist recommended an elbow brace which worked well for me. I keep one in my car and in my tripping first aid kit just in case of flare up although I haven't had one in years.

Another issue with the Bean Hunting boots is that they tend to leak around the seam between the leather uppers and the rubber bottoms, especially if your feet are a bit loose in them. Heavy wool socks can compress the seams so the leakage is more of a minor seep than a leak. But I still love...

I like my Bean Maine Hunting Boots for everything but slippery rocks. The chain tread has literally let me down - slipping off wet rocks at inopportune moments, including once ending up in water nearly up to my neck. Fortunately I had my PFD on when that happened and didn't let go of the boat...

I was out paddling on a local lake this morning in Ohio and saw a number of people including young children on boats of various sorts not wearing PFDs. Most were rentals from the county park service that controls the lake - sit on tops, kayaks, SUPs, pedal boats. I was trained by my Red Cross...

Last summer, my son in law and I camped on Lobster Lake from a Wednesday through Friday. Got a great campsite, one of the nearest to Lobster Stream. We had neighbors and saw other occupied campsites, but did not feel crowded at all. As we were leaving on Friday, it looked like there might be a...

I used iodine tablets at first and then switched to a steripen because my daughter took one to Kenya and used it successfully for the year she was there. But last year I was on a silt laden river where the steripen made the water safe to drink but it had an unpleasant taste. I then bought a...

Alan. I thought of using Dynel because I have some, but I also have pieces of fiberglass that will work well, so I'll use that instead. Except for the ends, the gunnels seem in good shape, so I'll stick with some sort of repair at the ends unless more serious problems reveal themselves. I'm...

Is there anyone on this forum who can also weigh in on the issues I've raised in my previous post? In particular, I'm interested in the question of whether the foam bottom stiffener is also flotation and what is the best fabric to use to repair the crack on the inside of the hull. I will take...

This Slipper was built in 1993. Unfortunately, if MR ever had any information on their website on Slippers built that year, it's gone. The previous owner told me years ago he had written away to MR and gotten some info on the boat, he has promised to mail it to me next week. The measurements are...

We picked up the MR Solo north of Detroit yesterday. The hull is in excellent shape inside and out. Very minor scratching on the bottom, only visible on careful inspection. He said he used it almost entirely on lakes. Some hair line cracks close to the gunnels near the stern. It weighed in at...

No encouragement needed! Just wanted to make sure my desires were not leading me astray. My wife and I are headed to Detroit tomorrow with cash in my pocket, my roof racks, and my straps. Photos look great including ones the owner texted me of the bottom, which looks great. She told me someone...

MR Slipper Solo: listed for $700, 38 lbs. Pictures seem to show it's in good condition, though the wood gunnels and trim look a bit discolored and no pictures of the bottom. I'd go look at it immediately, but it's almost 300 mile away. I'm looking for a boat that I can easily car top, use...

Just checked the charts -- the morning star on that date was Venus, which rose at 3:17 am and the moon rose at 2:42 am and was 4% illuminated.

I just contacted the maker of my old tent, the first one to have a split pole, and was directed to a company named Tent Pole Technologies: https://tentpoletechnologies.com/ They were out of stock on poles of the correct diameter to replace my split pole, but they had pole repair sleeves of...

Sandy Point Campsite, Chesuncook Lake, northern Maine, July 26, 4:00 am: crescent moon and the morning star. Sun comes up way early in northern Maine in July and it gets light even earlier. Taken with an older point and shoot digital camera, out the door of my tent when I was half asleep.