Recent content by Glenn MacGrady

I'm not a boat builder or restorer, but I think it's very informative, instructive and even encouraging when people share their mistakes and what they are doing, or thinking about, to remedy the mistakes. A very good thread so far, John!

Congrats, Packrat. Keep on keeping on!

I, too, saw a Budweiser canoe. It was about 17 years ago in Bel Haven Paddlesports near Batsto, NJ — now out of business.

Tom, that appears to be an instructional series produced by Tom MacKenzie, not the Tom Foster videos that I had posted but which now seem to have disappeared from YouTube. (Lots of Toms in that sentence!)

I can visualize that. The S-hook I referred to in my previous post about my van was the Mad River Bumper Hook sold in the 1970s and 80s. It was like a squashed "S" or "?" made of white injection molded plastic. You had to slide its tight slot onto your steel bumper with some force, which kept...

I've never done it like you. Over many decades, I've almost always used my painters as my bow and stern tie-downs on my vehicle, which usually was a full-size van. That's easy, and can be done many ways. The photo below shows rear painter from grab loop to door hinge, wrapped several times. The...

I've only cooked for myself for many decades now since my family no longer goes on canoe or camping trips with me, so I no longer need any big kitchen stuff. Even on a rare group trip, I make it clear that I will cook for myself and only for myself. No one has ever cared. I want no part of food...

This was on a weekend canoe trip in New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the summer of 2025. I used a new and compact kitchen kit I bought during Covid. Prior to that for 15 years, I used a somewhat similar JetBoil kit. I don't need much to cook freeze-dried meals and make tea. Let's start: A...

The "M5" (Magical Mystery Merlin Multicolor Masterpiece) made via Gamma rays and a horse rasp. It needs a distinctive paddle to match with—nay, chaotically conflict with—the polychromatic outer hull and seat strings. An informative and entertaining thread!!!

Me in 1985, practicing 300 consecutive rolls in North Pond, Maine, in prep for my first river run in a C1 . . . on the Rapid River in Maine/NH, which I led for three summers. Access and pickup via float plane. The canoe was the first "hot" plastic C1, a Perception Gyramax, which was designed by...

Great. Nice fleet. We have members in the South Carolina coastlands and other regions, and I've always loved paddling there in such places as Sparkleberry Swamp, the Edisto River, the Four Hole Swamp, and Amelia Island. Keep us informed of your paddling ventures.

I have no idea which of those canoes I'd enjoy paddling the most, but I do know which one is the most psychedelic eye candy.

I'm very pleased that this site and its members can help promote canoe addiction. I've enjoyed a lifetime of dabbling in various canoe (and kayaking) disciplines. Never an expert in any, but pretty darn good in several during my salad days, which hopefully can continue somewhat in my old-age...

I know we have members in Colorado, Utah and Idaho, but I don't specifically recall if they are near those rivers. Good luck recruiting some paddling companions, @bxh360.