Recent content by Preeb

I spent a large part of my weekends during the 80's day hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park. When I'd go to, or at least start from, some popular trailheads, I had to get there by about 6 AM to get a place to park. I'd head up for a mile or 2 along the trail, then cut off into the woods and...

This is how I learned to do it some 60 years ago. My mother insisted that us kids know how to get back to shore in a swamped canoe (summers in Wisconsin, we practically lived in my grandmother's 40 year old Old Town mahogany tandem - it was both a fishing and a swimming platform for us), so I...

Understood, but having that max capacity means that it will do well with just me and my wife and tackle bag of fishing gear in it at most - we should never even get close to that max. Most short canoes have a much lower cargo rating. With a 40" beam this one is just well suited for the way I...

Specs say a not too slinky 78 lbs (yes the canoe... if my wife weighed 78 lbs she'd be almost two dimensional). It wouldn't be my first choice if I was planning any portaging, but I should be able to wrestle it onto the Thule rack on top of my F-150 alone when necessary. Price and the dual...

Thanks for the suggestion and information - I can see what you're getting at. I really won't be doing any very aggressive paddling - mostly fishing my way along the banks of smallish lakes. I've spent countless hours in canoes without foot braces or canted seats with no issues, including two 8...

New member and posting on an old thread, but I have to start somewhere. I've been paddling since I was old enough to hold the paddle - early 1950's - in my grandmother's then 40 year old mahogany Old Town. I simply prefer a single blade wood, conventional or beaver tail. I also like a long...