Gamma1214

Oh man, I am going to have to pay people a lot of money to sell my canoes to them.

My pond finally cleared of ice so I was able to soak the spruce inwales for a couple of days. I made two jigs for bending and then I...

I usually back country ski and do some upper body weight lifting. I have also shoveled some huge amounts of snow most winters. I always...

Seems like a good time to view the black fly song once again:

My body… ;-)

Jab the thread is about 'Use', not 'Abuse':cool:

I'm a big eater, so I prefer group meals even when solo.

Rinker put in at Elizabeth, PA, a few miles south of Pittsburgh on the Monongahela River. Back then it wa known as Elizabethtown. Modern...

Wow. That really is unfortunate. LV was on the bucket list but, in reading "the process" and the rest of the newsletter, it sounds like...

Aside from the fact that it was a screen name I used on another paddling forum (or was it two?), as an occasional canoe poler I wanted...

Stems notched for ribs and rough tapered.

Some people will go to absurd lengths to avoid a portage. :alien:

Stem blanks are off the stem form, and on the canoe form! No bending defects. I was a little surprised by the amount of spring back...

What could possibly go wrong. Actually this is my current rig:

I doubt that I'll ever carry more than two (one for the daytime, one for camp) but I'm still in flux. I like sandals (but not those...