There are 2 newer generations of DY's large solo touring designs in production (Swift Kewaydin 15 & Northstar Northwind Solo). Dave Curtis at Hemlock Canoe has his redesign of the Nomad in the Peregrine and it appears Red Feather may be putting the old Bell Merlin II back into production. All of...
Bamboo is usable for hulls. It has been a while since this website was put up, but IIRC from the Wooden Boat article mentioned on the "News" page, these were quite pricey. Not sure where you would get the material to build your own.
My collection currently contains:
Lanterns
7 single mantle liquid fuel
7 two mantle liquid fuel
1 two mantle LP
1 single mantle butane
Stoves
9 single burner liquid fuel
2 two burner liquid fuel
2 single burner LP
1 two burner LP
1 single burner butane
Heaters
1 liquid fuel catalytic
1 LP...
I couldn't agree more on the time & money!
I used to have a Curtis Dragonfly, which I thought was just a wee bit shy of being a great river tripper. I've been in Arizona since before the SRT was introduced and have never had the opportunity to paddle one but from all I have heard and read, I am...