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Rusty Ole' Bucket reacted to Glenn MacGrady's post in the thread Videos of open canoes running very hard or big rapids with
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The Upper Gauley River in 2019 with disaster at the undercut and retentive Room of Doom at Pillow Rock Rapid. Also a very dangerous rock... -
Rusty Ole' Bucket reacted to Glenn MacGrady's post in the thread Videos of open canoes running very hard or big rapids with Like.
A nice traditional right side run of Lava Falls on the Colorado River in a solo Silverbirch Rebel in 2019:
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Rusty Ole' Bucket reacted to Glenn MacGrady's post in the thread Videos of open canoes running very hard or big rapids with Like.
Two solo canoes, an Esquif Extasy (red) and a Covert 10.5 (blue), run the extreme left side "sneak route" of Lava Falls in 2023:
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Rusty Ole' Bucket reacted to Glenn MacGrady's post in the thread Videos of open canoes running very hard or big rapids with Like.
Two right side runs of Lava Falls in tandem canoes in 2016. First, in a tandem with full splash cover: Next, a tandem fully bagged...
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I use the Bill Mason style harness and have to say that it certainly is the way to go! Although Bill only had one loop under the hull I...
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Rusty Ole' Bucket replied to the thread Defaced another boat - Adding lining holes.That copper looks amazing set into the wood! Man, it has got to be hard to drill 3/4" holes at the waterline in your boat the first...
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Rusty Ole' Bucket reacted to Gamma1214's post in the thread Defaced another boat - Adding lining holes with Like.
oof... that looks like it requires a little higher level of precision that what I'm used to (I'm a "meh, good enough" kinda guy). I...
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Rusty Ole' Bucket reacted to alsg's post in the thread Defaced another boat - Adding lining holes with Like.
For a cedar stripper another option is a piece of 3/4" copper pipe. Just use thickened epoxy with a little cedar sawdust to thicken it up.
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Rusty Ole' Bucket reacted to alsg's post in the thread Defaced another boat - Adding lining holes with Like.
I remember how traumatic it felt drilling the lining holes in my cedar stripper. No regrets!
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Rusty Ole' Bucket reacted to Gamma1214's post in the thread Defaced another boat - Adding lining holes with Like.
Cool, Thanks Tony. Now the only question that remains is: Drill holes in the new Raven before I officially paddle it or actually...
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Rusty Ole' Bucket reacted to Boatman53's post in the thread Camping with no tent, hammock with Like.
Thanks Rusty, I know what that feels like. Jim
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Rusty Ole' Bucket reacted to Black_Fly's post in the thread Drilling Lining Holes in My Hull with Like.
Turned out pretty good. Totally utilitarian. When the water level drops a little I’ll head upstream on the Little Miami to test out...
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Rusty Ole' Bucket replied to the thread Camping with no tent, hammock.Well, I can't find my hammock, and I'm not going to lie, I'm a little panicked...I have the tarp for it that I made, but the hammock...
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Rusty Ole' Bucket reacted to Black_Fly's post in the thread Defaced another boat - Adding lining holes with Like.
Things got boring around here and I had this perfectly good canoe canoe….
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Rusty Ole' Bucket replied to the thread Got the wife to ditch the yak.Maybe I get one of those and she gets the OTS119 to try out for a while....hmmm.