Recent content by memaquay

I tried paddling fast once, it was highly overrated. This was the so called training paddle.

Got out bird hunting this weekend with my wife and the new portable Hilton. I'm really enjoying this new found life of luxury. We got some birds, and then while cleaning them in the middle of nowhere, certainly in a place where no human had camped before, a red fox came over and waited patiently...

My apologies bcelect, it's been a very busy week, I will try to get a more definitive answer today. I'll have to unroll the tent and snap a picture of the label, I believe it says made in the USA on a label by the door.

The modified Pal did a seven day trip last June. It was paddled by a fellow who is a white water specialist, he prefers a looser boat, I believe was his comment. I have not paddled it yet, but others who have really liked it. I will have to get it out one of these days!

Started looking into shipping to the States tonight, it appears it might be complicated now. Price could be high too. I'll go to the post office tomorrow and find out more. There will be a shipping charge, that could go as high as 150 to 200 Canadian, and then there might be duty, that would...

Just did the money conversion, as of today, that's only $1412.00, tariff free US dollars. If you check out the prices on the snow trekker site, that's a pretty good price.

I've decided to sell my snow trekker. Only used a few times for moose hunting. In excellent shape. $2000.00 Canadian, no stove. Shipping would be extra, not sure how much it would be to the United States, but could probably work something out.

My new found Glamping/base camping style of "canoeing" has caused me to reassess my canoe transport method and spend a lot more money, once again. In this pic, you can see that my old truck bed racks don't really work with the portable Hilton. I had to move the canoe so far forward that I felt...

The best thing to do with over ripe bananas is make banana bread. However, sometimes the bananas are just too ripe, so they have to be chucked in the garbage. That canoe is pretty ripe, like the kind of ripe that attracts bugs. However, it is very unique. How many hundreds of pounds does it weigh?

I believe Alan built a J. Winters Barracuda. I did as well. It wasn't a boat I liked, even though I really wanted too. Alan probably has a more refined opinion than mine.

I did one around 15 years ago, used painters tape, so the hull is not stuck to the fibreglass. It's still going strong, it's in my backyard right now, lonely for a paddler.

You will have to decide the purpose of restoration. Is it to keep to use, or keep as a display piece, or to sell? For personal use, it looks like you could get away with new outwales, partial stem replacement and canvasing. If this are the only cracked ribs, you should be OK, although you will...

I organized a White Water Rescue course for my students this year with Boreal River Rescue. A very good course, one of the best I have seen. These YouTube guys should all take one, perhaps along with some whitewater training. That canoe could have been unpinned very quickly with a basic...

I have officially surrendered, my tent days are over. The 13 foot camper has every amenity known to humankind, and can be pulled by practically any vehicle with a hitch. I have switched over to yakima roof racks, and an Esquif 15 foot cargo canoe is in the works. We have several Crown Land trips...

That's a thing of beauty! If you had bob tailed it the other way, you could have put a little motor on it. An old 2 horse evinrude would look real good on it!