Recent content by lowangle al

Haha, yeah now the only problem will be not to run out of money before I "check out" Thanks Robin, so far the most stressful part was finding somewhere live and store all my stuff during the process. I ended up renting a 16' POD storage unit and luckily found a place to rent a mile down the...

Steve, we tore down the cottage that we had in Pa. and are building a house that meets spousal approval.

I think that wind does move water and not just create waves. Evidence of this is when storm surges from a hurricane push water on shore. On your average sized lake this effect probably isn't noticeable, but when you have miles of fetch I think it is. I had gone many years without this problem in...

I don't see it as a price thing. It's more about availability and perceptions. Canoes of any kind just aren't as available as kayaks. Kayaks are sold at many retailers but not canoes. Kayaks are also the only boats available to rent on many lakes that at one time only had canoes to rent. I also...

When paddling in a tail wind, where there is a lot of fetch, you not only have to worry about the wind pushing your stern around but I believe the water is also being pushed downwind and has to be delt with like it's a current. It has more effect on the boat then the wind. The wind is easier to...

First time out in my 18' OT Guide this season. It was a beautiful day out on the water. This was Brady's Lake, Monroe County, Pa.

It will be 50 years in September since I took my first trip. It was on the Susquehanna with a few high school friends. I found these pics looking at a friends FB page. Possibly the only photo of me smoking a cigarette. I'm in the bow. My friend in the stern was the more experienced one. His...

Very good guess. It was an osprey that caught the fish and then an eagle made it drop it. I assumed the eagle would have retrieved the fish after making the osprey drop it, but I guess it was more concerned with a trespasser than getting an easy meal. A couple days before I was out in the boat...

Anyone care to guess how this bluegill happened to get run over by a cement mixer 60 feet from the water, without human intervention.

This is a blinded sphinx moth (I had to look it up) that showed up on my canoe cover the other day. They have a 4" wingspan and are strong fliers, sometimes mistaken for a hummingbird.

That's too bad. They changed the way I paddle.

I've always done what Bill Mason recommends in "PATH OF THE PADDLE" On big open water I strap the packs down tight to the bottom of the boat for extra floatation in case you swamp. In whitewater I run one rope through either the shoulder strap or grab loop of each pack and tie to the last pack...

I was approached by a younger cousin about whether she and her husband should get a canoe or kayaks. Her thinking was; in a canoe, it would be two people, requiring teamwork. In kayaks they would be independent. People might think of canoeing as a tandem affair, while in a kayak you are on your...

It sounds like it was a great event. I was planning to go, as I can see wanting a solo boat in the future, but things came up.

Nice boat Brightraven. What are those things mounted under the gunnel aft of center?