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Stick around, we'll have you dragging boats across portage trails & bashing into rocks in no time. Seriously, there's nothing wrong...

Thanks Memaquay. Sounds simple, or at least straightforward. Boy, coming back from river yesterday I felt like sky had collapsed...

I'd clamp something (like a wooden furring strip?) to the hull at your desired locations and see how it behaves. If the flex / support...

Out for a dawn paddle on the Waccamaw River, NC. Coffee break spot on the return home.

New Hampshire's Grafton Pond is about 30 minutes from my house. Often a packed parking lot on weekends, during the week it is largely...

Fisheating Creek Info This is one of the best paddling sites in Florida, in my opinion. The creek winds its way through several...

Because the seats are hung from the gunwales, I doubt that they lend much structural support to the hull. As Benson points out...

A number of years ago, I bought a Soto Windmaster on the advice of a thru hiker friend. It is a highly regarded stove, and rightly so...

Here are some sights and sounds of the last few months of canoe building. It’s been a busy year, and we are deep in crunch time now...

One of the students has been doing quite well with this build. Should be closing it in tomorrow. No whiskey strip though, lol. Really...

The brigade left Tadoussac yesterday with the support of an incredible crowd. In about two and a half months, the rowing boats will...

I'm the sort of guy that's always looking for something better but I've been using the same coffee mug for about 45 years. It's an...

One of the best tips I learned early on. Not only does it eliminate the dreadful staple dents, that are so ugly, removing staples is a...