Recent content by memaquay

I've been thinking about the double layer thing quite a bit lately. My first Osprey, which saw several thousand kilometres of tripping over the course of a decade was built with one single six ounce layer of regular fiberglass, inside and out. It saw some very rough usage, had some bad dumps...

I was a bike guy in my 20's, racing and touring. When Cannondale came out with the oversize tube aluminium bike, I took part of my student loan and bought one. It was pretty advanced for the time, now it sits in my son's garage, probably worth almost nothing. My interests have always bordered...

A 6 percent increase should bring you close to 16 feet I'm guessing. I'm wondering how close your canoe will be to the Shearwater, the bigger sister of the Osprey.

I don't mind providing detailed maps to people who come up here. Our geographical location keeps the traffic low, and anyone willing to come all this way deserves to have a basic map. As I age and the ticker gets more hardware, I am hopeful that other people will adopt some of these routes and...

Let's not be so quick to rush to judgement about whiners and lame threads. Callan's article does more than register grief at not being able to book campsites in provincial parks. It is also leaning toward blaming the social media-ization of wilderness canoe tripping, which is ironic, since...

I feel for you guys, I really do. I couldn't live in an urban cancerous sore of a city, I get the heebeegeebees in Thunder Bay. I can drive for 15 minutes and not see another human for months.

My son got married at our place over the weekend. Brought out the canoe I made for my wedding and Honeymoon and put it to use.

The Journey seems heavy, mine comes in at 13 ounces, lol, not that 2 ounces is anything in a big outfit. I don't like the grip on the journey, but after 20 minutes or so I stop noticing it. I have paddles that I like more, that feel better in my hands, and in the water, but the weight gets me...

I would say weight and paddle length are the two main differences, and not so much straight vs bent. My straight shaft carbon paddle has spoiled me, and I now rarely use my wooden ones.

Lol, great test Alan! I did the same one yesterday with my straight shaft. I was really surprised that it felt the same on both sides!

Lol, I'm wondering if you are being intentionally provocative Glenn. Hull shape and construction certainly does matter. For instance, I will challenge any good recreational switch hitter to an all day race, as long as they paddle a standard pelican poly monstrosity while I single side an...

Very sorry to hear that Gerald!

I think you'll notice quite a difference between the Caribou and the Kite. The Caribou is a big, generous hull. The Kite, which is a slightly modified version of the Osprey, will seem a fair bit smaller, even though I would classify it as a good size solo. I started out in an Osprey, put many...

When I was bicycle racing, I had cleated bike shoes that locked onto the peddles. I also had spandex shorts and shaved my legs. All of this was of course because in all fields, racers are always at the cutting edge of what equipment, techniques and body mechanics make them go the fastest. When...

There was a fella on Myccr about 20 years ago, think his name was Richard Culpepper, apparently a lawyer in Thunder Bay. Anyway, he was a very serious canoeist, and he also took his cat on most trips. If my memory is right, he posted a picture of himself and his cat in a Chestnut Pal, running a...