MrPoling

The way waves behave in lakes that we'd normally paddle is really complicated. Without deep water and many miles of fetch ocean waves...

I think the first thing he needed was floatation. I know it is a pain, but airbags make this better all around. There is less chance of...

Clemson did pretty well in those competitions. I heard they sold the canoes to University of SC students for their Boundry Waters trips.

Oddly enough, it is our canoes that need flotation to float. Because a carbon kevlar laminate is heavier than water. But the concrete...

It is aggregate achievement, but I have a sinking feeling that it will take more to cement their status as a great university.

As the weather has gotten more extreme here in the Carolinas, water storage has become more critical. The major cities in NC could not...

I've been wondering if you could use a Grumman as a backcounty hot tub. Seems like you'd have to dig a deep hole underneath it or...

What a great puzzle. That looks like the grinder plate from a meat grinder with a stainless bolt threaded through. Could also be a...

Hey Bartcanoed. Wwlcome to the site. There is paddling here, much of it mentioned above. Lumber River, Merchants Millpond, Bear...

I've been lurking and reading posts here for a while. Seems like there is a great bunch of people here with a lot of great information...

My experience with headlamps is you spoil your night vision when you raise your hands at the beginning of the stroke. If I needed to...

Hey Blackrock. Those are cool canoes. The problem with Clippers is they use heavy layups. After a good round of patches it will only...

Yes, this is one of those trips. Had a whiner expressed interest we would have gone somewhere easy.

I returned to Falls Lake this evening, hoping to enjoy the sunset. Despite some much needed rain, the lake is still way down. A heron...

Riverman by Ben McGrath. It is about Dick Conant. He was a character who traveled thousands of miles on several trips. He also was...