Recent content by Patrick Corry

Thanks Glenn for remembering and asking about my recovery. I am largely recovered and now caring for my wife who hasn't been well for some time. It limits both my working career, but that's OK - I just celebrated my 50th year self employed in the residential building business- so it's time to...

I got a laugh out of this Al. The perennial complaint of the bow paddler!

Sorry Robin, I overlooked your reply. Yes, I applied Northwoods Canoe filler which as I'm sure you know, is a traditional oil based filler. Here she is now, after 5 weeks curing, priming, and first coat of color this evening. 1st primer was a white primer tinted with red (it's what I had...

For those of you who build strippers, a (sort of) neighbor of mine here in southeast PA who primarily restored wood/canvas canoes is retiring from canoe work. He has cedar strips available for sale. Here is the link to his classified ad on WCHA.org...

She's in the canvas!

Yep, I have bought some from him, although my preference is for old bolts with patina for restoration. I'll have to look into a chemical process to mimic the old patina when I use the new ones!

Thank you Robin. I bought this property, farmhouse and barn, 47 years ago. My first house! As a builder/contractor it always served as storage for materials and tools, and only in the last 5 years or so has it become a shop. Previously I did nearly all my work on client's sites. Fortunately...

Thanks Jim! Is yours an Old Town with diamond head bolts? I used 10 of them from my horde on this canoe, and I have 3 more Old Town canoes to restore. Please save them if you do have any! Seat frames too, regardless of cane condition.

Well, that's rather impressive!

Reading Glenn's post re: site member activity, his comments reminded me that users need to post new threads to keep the site alive. In that vein, here's a current project. This poor old canoe, a 1938 Old Town 50 pounder- that's the model name; the weight is greater but that's how OT marketed...

That's a great trip report! Humor, pathos, retreat from adversity.... all highly desired in a trip story. Thanks for posting this. The St. Regis area is great. Next time, coming home, exit St. Regis into Green Pond via about a level 250' carry. Then the carry from Green to Little Clear is...

I don't know if it is still a viable event, but there used to be a whitewater derby/race held in North Creek, NY on the Hudson River.

At the very least, a trip report is in order upon your return!

You just exposed my timidity! I thought about it... even paddled downstream a bit that way, but ultimately backtracked and then carried to Fish Pond (via Mud Pond) instead. It looked way too shallow at the time and I didn't want to trash my wood/canvas canoe bottom. I do imagine that early in...

Yes, absolutely. I have never had ‘traffic’ there. The float to Ochre is quite a departure from the pond paddling; it’s an intimate view of the wetland joining the two ponds. Here's what it looks like: