Recent content by JeremyA

Excellent used condition, smaller "solo" size, grey outside and blue inside. $150 picked up in Wild Rose/Stevens Point, WI or shipped at your expense. Here's the link to the CCS product page: https://www.shop.cookecustomsewing.com/product.sc?productId=5&categoryId=3 I would like to pick up a...

Thanks everyone for the input, I sold the Rockstar. Now I just have to find a replacement in this seller's market. Wish me luck, I'll need it!

DaveO My wife asked what I was laughing at when I read this. She was much less amused by the idea that the simplest solution to my problem is to not lose any weight, ha! Sadly, even 160 is heavier than ideal for me. In my late twenties when I was eating well and biking 100+ miles a week, I...

Jim Dodd thanks for the info, I would only replace it with another ultralight kevlar boat.

Mike McCrea The used market looks good for selling right now, my big concern would be an inability to find a suitable replacement once it was sold. I don't think my wife would tolerate me buying another solo before selling this one.

gumpus I have a foot brace which I haven't gotten around to installing yet, so unless something else comes up quickly it will get one soon. I'm usually 50/50 between sitting and kneeling in a tandem. This particular boat I think has the worst of both worlds with seat drops that are higher than...

Jim Dodd I'm in Central Wisconsin. Which layup is your Wildfire and how old is it? It's smaller than boats I've been looking at, can you comfortably pack for a week+ trip?

Waterdog Thanks for the reply, I'm thinking I'll have to at least attempt to swap it out for something smaller. yellowcanoe I'm worried most about this, I'll start by looking for someone who wants to trade. It may be a long shot but I don't want to be left without a boat, especially in the...

TL;DR - I'm trying to decide if I should keep my Rockstar or attempt to trade it out for something smaller. As I'm starting to gear up for the season, I'm having a hard time deciding what to do about my solo canoe. I picked up a Bell Rockstar in kevlight a few years ago knowing that it's a...

Robin Thanks, but I have to give my parents the credit for this one. We do a lot of camping, paddling, hiking, etc with the kids, but we could not even remotely afford this trip on our own. We're flying up early for the Birch Creek run, and then they're joining for the RV trip and cruise...

Odyssey I would love to know what happened with the shoe as well, but it will remain a mystery. We got up one morning to see one of my son's bright yellow Plae shoes (they're foam like Crocs) had been dragged out from under our tarp into the middle of camp, and then soon noted the other was...

This was our first family trip with a little portaging. Sylvania is beautiful and the campsites were the cleanest I've ever encountered. The water in most of the lakes we paddled was exceptionally clear and we were able to do quite a bit of fish watching. We were out for 6 days, staying at...

We're taking a big trip to Alaska next summer and looking at a 6 day trip on Birch Creek. Anyone here ever paddled it? This will be our first time in Alaska and first time using an outfitter, so any sage advice is welcomed. I'm a little nervous about trusting someone else with choosing and...

Thanks for the info, it should be interesting to see how we get on with it. I'd say we're very amatuer paddlers, but I'm not sure that's really accurate. We've spent a lot of time on the water over the last few years. My wife is the bow paddler and she does not like kneeling, so no problems...

Yeah, by about 20#. The Journey is a polyethylene boat and weighs in at 83#. Sent from my RS988 using Tapatalk