Mason

Those are the newer tan gunwales, along with the cane instead of rotomolded seats. The white gunwales were from the 1970s I believe. I...

I didn't include breakfast and lunch. I can eat the same thing for six weeks at a time. Grape nuts/dried milk/sugar for breakfast, mixed...

My staples for 6 week trips (involving lots of portages) are: instant brown rice, Bear Valley soup mix (e.g. broccoli/cheddar), and...

30 years ago I helped a MS student study low productivity in red-tailed hawks. The culprit was blood parasites transmitted by black...

Fun stuff! Dunno about all those rolls without helmets, though (or PFDs).

And then there's https://www.canoetripping.net/threads/winter-reading-list.128809/

They have an impressive video out on the trip on Youtube

I think you'll find it responds well to leans. With a hard lean, the stern will really slew around. I used to dick around with a hard...

Yes, 3 years ago. Even got to pole a makoro--wonderful experience. My daughter trying her hand (as a couple of hippos watched from a...

My first thought was "that looks like makoros in the Okavango" , then saw the ID. Wonderful place!

Yeah, looking down from up high is different from looking up from the bottom of the hydraulic!

Does this count as a sign to portage? There was a cairn for the start. Dubawnt River Canyon, a 2.5 mile cross-tundra portage, still...

Tuff Weave wasn't a thing that early. I do think they used some Kevlar reinforcements at the ends. It looks like the seat has been...

Yes, it is a DEEP boat. I have (not so fond) memories of having to turn around in windy/wavy conditions, unladen, getting beam in 3...

Enjoy! It's a fun boat. I've done everything from racing, to tripping, gunkholing, and significant whitewater in it. I think my...