Recent content by Paddlinhal

I just bought a Z Fold 7, which opens up to the size of a mini tablet. The thing is great for tripping. With careful use, a 20K mAh will last a couple of weeks. This means it's on airplane mode continuously and generally turned off completely. It's waterproof to a half meter for 30 minutes. And...

I'm ready. I usually do what the person who planned the trip wants to do.

A good tip for planning is to research which sites require reservations, then go somewhere else. We planned a salt water canoe trip out of Stonington Maine last year, and thought it would be nice to spend one night on Isle Au Haut, an Acadia National Park site. Reservations open at 10 AM on...

I don't mind the cooking of group meals, then kicking back and letting someone else take the next few days. But to be fair you need to draw straws to see who goes first and lightens their load first. On non-cooking days, it's fun to have the extra leisure time to explore or blab around the...

From my house in central mass, it's about the same 10 hour drive as to Allagash Village. It has a lot less visitation than Algonquin. We paddled the Chochoquan, which starts outside the reserve. As I recall, we had the place to ourselves, all the campsites were great.

I did a little research, and tuffstuff is a blend of basalt and innegra. Innegra is basically polypropylene and nothing sticks to it, including gel coat. The lowdown is: Epoxy doesn't bond well, so eliminating the gel coat won't really fix the problem. Vinylester adheres a little better but...

Just bought my first new canoe ever. Nova Craft 16' Prospector. It's made of tuffstuff, which is a kevlar/ poly weave. To protect my precious new boat, I followed the manufacturer"s video and installed a couple of skid plates. My first good bump in a rapid, and no damage to the (dynel) skid...

I think I have the gear shuttle arranged, so we can run it empty, (with flotation), and camp somewhere below Poplar Hill Falls, either bootleg or a commercial campground depending on what I can get arranged. Two of us in an Esquif 16' Prospecteur.

I'm planning a loop trip. Start at Caratunk, Maine. Down the Kennebec River to The Great Carrying Place, over which Benedict Arnold and his troops carried their bateaux and gear to the Dead River on their way to assault Quebec. That's about 10 miles. Then north up Flagstaff Lake, down the...

For parks, sure, why not. For everywhere else, you first have to figure out how to target the ignorant ones, and leave the rest of us alone.

I'm on my 2nd 115 liter Propack. I tied grab handles between the D rings in the back, where I slip my paddles. Sealine also make a rolltop duffle, which can be tossed on top of the first pack, with the paddles helping to hold it in place. Of course, my spine is severely compressed at the...

In the end, someone will build houses all up and down it. I wouldn't worry too much about telling fellow paddlers about it.

My Freedom Solo is the closest I have to a whitewater boat.

I went with the dynel, and bought some Medium Blue pigment. Came out better than I hoped!