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Forgive my ignorance but... VFI? Only "VFI" with which I'm familiar is a military interceptor which is beyond my budget.

This has been in the works for a while now but last Saturday 7/19/25 I traded in my Hemlock Eaglet lll in the lite-tech layup to Hemlock...

Yeah, it's a good idea to make your own with a more robust webbing. Cheaper too. And I never use carabiners or any hard objects for...

Not to be nosey, but do your September trips still involve coming up to Ontario? My memory is not the best now, but I seem to recall you...

This handsome guy was taking a break in my neighbors yard on the Anchorage hillside yesterday.

I started out like that many decades ago, but it did not take all that long in real wilderness situations to let that go. If I have been...

Yeah, I usually make sure my spare paddle is wood with some kind of hardened tip, so I can use it to push off the bottom with minimal...

There're lots of variables when determining paddle length. The boat, seat hight, blade shape, the paddler, paddling style, conditions...

The Advantage wasn't intended to be a canoe that requires correction strokes, it was designed to go straight and fast with a bent shaft...

I've been using that Hornbeck technique, mostly for getting out. I recommend it to my bow paddlers for getting in and out, while I hold...

For sale at 2025 WCHA Assembly. Currently made by Ferdy Goode in Wisconsin.

Paddle with a dog but not in a dog! 2025 WCHA Assembly.

Subaru has taken pity on canoeists and offers nice roof rack rails on a couple 2025 models. We checked out a new Outback Wilderness...

I bought a 2024 Wilderness Forester in Dec 23. I was surprised it did not have crossbars like my previous Subarus always had since 2004...