Recent content by Ober27

I gave up on varnish many years ago. I've been using tung oil with good results. I use it on the whole paddle, not just the grip.

When we go hiking I carry a GPS while my wife uses Avenza on her phone, I also have and occasionally use Avenza on dry land. When we're on the water our phones are in small dry boxes that are inside of our dry bags. If our phones were to be somehow damaged by water we'd lose, at least...

My most loved item during mosquito season is "The Original Bug Shirt". My wife has worn them for about twenty years. I finally got one a couple years ago, and I love it. For me it's a game changer for a couple months a year.

Thanks Glenn. It just so happens that my wife and I made a brief appearance in that video.

We went to their canoe show this past Memorial Day Weekend, we really enjoyed it. Nice museum with a very nice restoration shop.

At Itasca State Park last spring.

Here's our current setup, it works, but I'm not 100% happy with it. I feel like there's too much of the bow forward of the front rack cantilever. The timing of this thread is perfect. We are considering purchasing a full size pickup before next season, likely a Ford F-150 crew cab. I'm...

I bought the Badger Woodland paddle in cherry about a year ago. I absolutely love it!! I was a beavertail paddler for many years before that. Beaver tail paddles are great for versatility, working equally well in deep and shallow water, but after 40 years of paddling my shoulders needed...

I have never liked weight hanging from my neck, so for most of my life my binoculars saw little use. Once I bought a harness I began to take them with me nearly everytime I go canoeing, hiking, snowshoeing, rowing etc... The harness distributes the weight nicely and they're always close at hand.

We had the opportunity to watch them go under a couple of bridges near our house on Wednesday, their first day, they're really cruising along. I don't think I'd ever want to travel this way, but I'm fascinated watching their progress online. I hope they can keep it up all the way to the Gulf of...

I'm really happy to hear that the folks at Northstar are going to make things right for you,

We ordered a new Northstar early January, the boat is ready for me to pick up now. The folks at Northstar were just a phone call away when I had questions regarding build options before placing the order. I ordered through a dealer, they were also very nice to deal with. Part of my decision to...

I store the epoxy in the house and bring it out when I'm ready to mix it,thay way I'm using warm epoxy. The clip lights work great, plus you can use tarps to minimize the area you need to heat.

What brand of epoxy, and which hardener? The epoxies I've worked with, West system and System Three, have different hardener options that work in different temperatures

1973 Corecraft canoe. A chopped fiberglass canoe made in my hometown of Bemidji Minnesota. Even when I was young and strong it was all I could do to carry it, it must have weighed nearly 100 lbs. I was the most awful thing I ever loved. It was given to me in the late eighties, I paddled it...