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Well, the good news is I got out in the canoe this weekend. Saturday was a beautiful day. A little bit rough for the first few minutes as I was fighting the wind but eventually got into the swing of things. My eldest "helped" paddle intermittently and my youngest fell asleep in the bottom...

Bending branches recommends estimating size by measuring from your torso. Here are there instructions: Sit up straight – don’t slouch – on a flat chair. Measure the distance from the surface of the chair between your legs to your nose then they have a table that you go off of...

I anticipate picking up a bending branches paddle eventually. I'll need to establish some consistency with using the canoe to justify the purchase. I live within 10 minutes of two separate canoe launches so hopefully I'll be able to get out on the water regularly, even if only for a couple of...

Courtesy of this website I was able to find the catalog for the 1998 model year from a link posted in a different thread. Sure enough the fiberglass explorer was offered as pictured. I had been trying to find a copy of the old catalog everywhere however was coming up with nothing. Now I just...

Hi Everyone, I grew up Canoeing in New England, primarily Maine where I am from, in either a Blue Hole (not the slightest idea on the model) or Old Town Tripper. I have lived in Northeast Florida the past few years and decided it was time to pick up a canoe to take my kids out in. I have...