Odyssey

The last really nice pair of cool sunglasses I bought costing me a hot hundred American were confiscated by the Atlantic ocean at OBX...

Thanks for this Erica. My UK roots connect me to roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, tea, trifle, fruit cake, uisge and custard, griddle...

I threw in the cotton towel years ago. It is fairly absorbent and comfortable but slow drying and packs too large. I don't even like...

I use a bowline and a Blake's hitch every time I put my boat on my car, for the bow lines. I rely on the Blake's hitch instead of a...

If you want a friction hitch for guy lines that is extremely easy to undo, the Farrimond friction hitch is worth knowing. It is a...

I like that simple clever design. I suppose you could burn twigs with a shallower firebox (alky set up) for a ground friendlier fire...

I had the opportunity to try out, in field conditions, the twig stove made by Bothwell Voyageur. It performed very well. Features I...

On the morning of Sunday June 5th, I left the Western Pennsylvania Solo Canoe Rendezvous and drove to Long Lake, New York in the heart...

Often in other people's shop/garage/basement with their stuff.

Test paddle was a success. I was amazed how quiet the canoe its-my first time in a wood and canvas. When my helper wasn’t paddling I got...

Other than a paint touch up in a few places, it’s done. I was hoping to get it in the water today, but there are white caps and I’d...

Sounds like a nice stretch of river. Good to hear you're having fun exploring it. Extra nice if the pooch can come along. I agree, I'd...

Not sure how a skid plate is gonna save you and your bluesteel ass in a rock garden. Better to just walk it. I'd live with the scratches...

I'd suggest it's a decked canoe because the chambers aren't sealed ie it's open below decks. But what do I know? I remember seeing these...

That sounds like a pleasant ideal dawdle.