memaquay

I have been working on these two canoes for quite awhile but it’s time to admit my canoe restoration days are over. Between health and...

I don't know how many of you are familiar with Bruce Hyers. He is an American who came to Canada in the 70's I believe, and is largely...

Northern Ontario is basically on fire right now. As I speak, the sky is an unreal orange, it looks like the end of the world. Three...

First trip complete! It was a little hard on the varnish. My wife, daughter and I did the Nation Lakes Chain in Northern British...

Interesting, I thought the Bob's special was a shallow arch kind of hull. Can't remember seeing it as a V hull.

Any Costco chicken that shows up Saturday night at our hook-up is unlikely to survive the late night munchies. As for Canibalism -...

Right up there with @memaquay 's big white cat.

The boat is going to be flipped over for the first time in months Step 1 is to just angle it up on the cradles and cleanup up anything...

I've always referred to it as the knuckle. I'm not sure where I got that from, but I have built almost every canoe John Winters...

My eyes aren't that great anymore, but that young boy in the 20 dollar coin looks very much like an alien, one of those grey ones, in a...

Even canoes with sliding seats don't often slide far enough back for me. I really enjoy paddling with a tailwind. On my current Raven, I...

you missed one- canoes don't look like they've spent the night with an exceptionally "bad girl" after being tied to a roof rack in 100°...

Hmmmmmm.....going to have to respectfully disagree with you on that one. Here's a few reasons- all in good fun of course. *A kayak...

:LOL: Indeed. Personally, I don't mind having fewer people in the backcountry and the fact is that yaks are suited best to day...

The kids finished the solo Pal hybrid yesterday. Can't wait to see how it performs. Here's some pics. They have also been hard at...