Recent content by M Clemens

I had a Radisson double ender and a Sportspal 13 square back. The Sportspal was decidedly better built, slightly thicker aluminum and fewer seams, slightly heavier. Powered with an air cooled Gamefisher 1.75 outboard.

I had a torn meniscus a few years ago that was 'trimmed off' and prevented conventional kneeling. A friend of Dave Yost who had been in a bad wreck shared a technique for kneeling that involves crossing one's ankles, which places the pressure on a different place on the knee. It felt awkward...

I have a spare kit if they don't carry them anymore.

The last time I bought them from Chesapeake Light Craft to mount a Wenonah footbar in a Hornbeck.

I'm at 150, but only started keeping track after I retired (I am now 8 months in recovery). https://photos.app.goo.gl/8iswJxH6f2mHFcye9

Is this the beige Kevlar hybrid that was listed recently?

I confess, my dumps would not be so dainty. I would need something more substantial.

I went back at looked at your pics a little closer. It appears your gunnels are Wenonah type, to which all thwarts and carry handles consist of tubular aluminum, bent at the ends and riveted to the gunnels, seats hung from angles sandwiched between the gunnel and hull. The person who...

Padz Canoe Contoured Knee Pads at NRS.com is about as close as you can come.

I would add Mad River carry handles like pic below. Mount them like your thwarts are mounted; provides support for the gunnels (instead of those wedge blocks). If I remember. Mad River used to claim that the Airex core and the wood trim keep the boat from sinking, but it would be...

I don't recall seeing an Indy with aluminum trim, this may be a retrofit. Many were built without float tanks (as was mine and this one). On the original wood trim, the deck served as a carry handle and a stiffener for the gunnels toward each end (pic below). Perhaps the person who did the...

I had a 97 Osprey, my wife really liked the extra width and the stability it provided. All Ospreys were Royalex. $700 is a fair price IMO, as long as there isn't a lot of wear in the stems, or ugly skid plates. The Osprey came in both two and three seat configurations, the nice part about the...

If you search this site there is a long thread about the fix for this by Black Fly.

You make a valid point; when you think of all the kayak and canoe kits, SOF's and stripper builders there are, the Coast Guard would be inundated with busy work. It is nice to have a number on the hull, though, for the police report in the event of theft.

I just found out Old Town has apparently dropped the Next from its solo canoe offerings to focus on the Sportsman 119 and the Discovery 119. What a shame.