Recent content by PortageW/Cerberus

Sounds like our uses are different. On the seat, mine also came with a slider but mounted on an aluminum frame rather than the carbon fiber bulkheads. Can move on the fly but it is, as you say, not dynamic. I have found that moving the seat alone sometimes does not change the trim enough. On...

Neat. I may need to sell some of my other boats to fund a new build. How tough are the carbon fiber thwarts? Would love to see more photos. Would also love to hear your thoughts after you've taken it on a few wilderness trips. Wonder if the black interior will be hot (I trip with a dog -...

Cool! What is the 5” square gunwale?? Also, what do you do for a yoke?

Can I ask more about your Blackwater? Their layup pricing/weight spreadsheet shows the Textreme Ultralite as 19 lbs...Textreme Lite at 21. Did you actually get the Ultralite, or did you get the Textreme Lite & make other selections (like the interior layer) to bring the weight down...

Agree with Alan. If you are a flatwater tripper and wetfoot - go light. If you're grinding down bony rivers, go heavy. I know Bill Swift will tell you that the lighter layups can take way more than most folks think...

The correct way.

Not rivers, but I have made a habit of getting into very remote bushwhack lakes in Ontario (collecting a few per year). In the last three years all but one were lakes that I am confident had no human visitors in many decades. It's fun to go fishing where the fish have never seen a lure. I do...

No axes or Hatchets on my trips, solo or group. I call 'em the "trip-ender". Saws? Sure!

Will add that I like the feature, but now canoe trip in Orvis Pro Stretch shirts. They lack that extra collar flap...and I do miss it. But they are just a little lighter and cooler than the MH Canyon. Plus they come in Plaids vs drab solids. I've compensated by wearing a neck buff most of...

Alan, no on the heart rate. My Blackwater is consistently 3.65mph over the long haul. Magic about 3.4. And for further reference, my NS Trillium is 3 flat. Glenn, neat looking rocketship you have there but I think it would suffer on the 1000m bushwhack portages in NW Ontario’s Jack Pine...

Nice - found that video & will watch. I do own a GRB paddle, though use the ZRE more.

Let's see a few pics of your new ride! And would love to hear more about turning it when you've had more time in the boat - although I have been paddling mine for 3 years, I suspect I still have much to learn.

Regarding the Blackwater vs Magic, I did a fair number of hour-long, gps-tracked paddles at all-day cruising speed and found the Blackwater to be two or three tenths faster than the Magic. Of course, the Magic has some rocker so handles differently. Again, I am a tripper, not a racer.

yknpdlr, you are in an enviable position with that stable of rides. Would love to see some photos of your Dillercraft in Textreme Light. How much does it weigh? Mine is 24# but stock it was 26#. Very robust build - it has stood up to all my abuse. The GRB XL al la southernkevlar & Bill's...