Recent content by Glenn MacGrady

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In flat water, you can attach gear by long tethers rather than tying it all tightly to the hull as in whitewater. That way, the gear can float out or be tossed out to empty the hull for re-entry, and yet not be able to float away. Roy Goodwin recommends this method in the video posted by...

If you're young and strong and nimble enough, and especially if you're solo paddling a tandem, here's another example of the flip:

Interesting and excellent thread. Thanks, Al.

If I do that, can I take the covers on and off. I'd like to increase the covers' clamping force on the Landing Pads but don't want to glue the covers onto the Landing Pads. Are you sure you had similar components to the Landing Pads and snap-on covers that I picture in my OP? As far as I and...

I did in 2014, and actually on a canoe trip. It was my last day in Alaska; my plane left Anchorage after midnight. That afternoon I soloed a Penobscot rented from REI on Portage Lake, just outside Anchorage, slaloming around the small icebergs that were calving off the Portage Glacier. After...

"Valuable" can mean something of monetary or sentimental value. I'm going to construe canoe trip very loosely for myself in this thread. Maggie and I drove to Lake George, NY, in the Adirondacks last week to leaf peep and paddle bark canoes with Rogers' Rangers. I believe this is a picture of...

ANGRY UPDATE: Don't take your vehicle with Yakima landing pad covers on the highway either. On an interstate trip last week (55-65 mph), I stopped at a rest area and discovered that one of the covers had blown off and another was half detached. They simply don't have sufficient inherent grip...

I and my grandmother's Clan Cameron thank you for your report and pictures of Scotland, @samb. https://iye.scot/inverpolly-geology-and-history/

"What would you portage a marathon for? A Minnesota man recently ran the entire Twin Cities Marathon while carrying a canoe to raise awareness for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCA). He now plans to portage a marathon every week for an entire year . . . ." Extra credit for...

They are a red skin coat Peregrine at 33lbs and green gel coat Mayfly at 23lbs. I take if from @NoelCanoeDad's Facebook post that Dave and Carol Curtis have retired from paddling. https://www.facebook.com/groups/199216365469862/posts/1462414632483356

71-year-old fisherman dragged into water from land and killed.

This video applies only to base camping canoeists in cold weather, but has some good info for the less experienced about heat flow, condensation, bag and mat insulation ratings, and safety.

Given that tomorrow is Evel Knievel Day and to further connect the Tesla Roadster with river crossing, Musk says in the long unveiling video that the flying Roadster will attempt a jump over the Snake River Canyon in Idaho, which Knievel failed to do in 1974 with his "Skycycle", which ended up...