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I make it a practice to treat my clothes and tent at the beginning of the season with Permethrin. It is effective against ticks and...

Maybe I can help as I have a Phoenix in the IXP layup as well. The two canoes paddle very differently. I like my Phoenix and plan to...

Totally surprised there hasn't been any hammocks posted ... I guess it needs to be remedied. This is my setup from '22 ... it has...

I usually identify a good spot and drop my PFD, but I'm happy to move if it works out better for all. Silly little game, really. I'll...

@RPATCH, this is wonderful. Thanks for taking the time to articulate your process. I'm glad you consider this an installment and that...

RPATCH, glad to know that tossing your pfd on a flat spot of ground is a universally acknowledged sign of "that's my tent spot." Your...

I consider a 2 person tent to be a 1-1/2 person tent. When there are two of us, it's nothing smaller than 3 person. I have a Nemo...

You are probably right. I wrote it and then tried to figure out which section in this forum I should post it. I also think of it as an...

As an old person and charter member of the multiple back surgery club, I am vitally interested in the minutiae of details that make...

"I had hoped the Dragonfly 15 would have a similar balance, just more gentle with a slower leaning response..." I think you're on the...

That was an impressive drop with a loaded tandem, especially seeing in the other photos what was beside you and below you.

Bruce Kemp, who has paddled an original Dragonfly for years, tried out my DF15 and felt it was immediately familiar, albeit larger and...

If I have a complaint about the DF15, it is that mine weighs 39 lbs., but it's Expedition Kevlar with a gel coat inner bottom, which all...

I use permethrin on my clothes and for my last trip I sprayed my tent body, too. I had very few issues with bugs in the tent in the...

Wow! That is incredible.