Recent content by ScottS

You're right. I was just using the common name.

I carve my own one piece canoe paddles, and Spanish Cedar is my favorite wood. Lightweight, easy to carve, doesn't warp or split with use.

I recently converted a bilge pump into a bidet. I can send you instructions if you can't figure it out on your own.

The saddest thing on Antiques Roadshow is the antique toy that was never played with. The same rule applies to canoes.

Shephaug reach of Lake Lillinonah, CT. May 23, 2026 Class time - An adult Bald Eagle perched about 20 yards away had stashed a Great Blue Heron carcass in a tall snag for two newly fledged Eagles to learn how to feed themselves. I heard some whistling while I was checking my photos and zoomed...

By the way, the fine print... The 50N does not count as a PFD unless it is worn. Strapping it to the deck does not meet the regulations.

Personally, I'd like to know that I tried to get the guy wobbling about in the coleman to put on a pfd when I read the accident report a few days later.

The type 50N is not a high flotation vest - you might be thinking about a type5 rescue vest. The 50N is a low flotation vest with only 11lb of buoyancy instead of the Type3 16lb of buoyancy that most of us use. From my point of view, it is an attempt to get ignorant people to wear a PFD and I...

Running a strap around the hull is a clever idea. I can see that being quicker than most clamps in many situations.

The bottom section of the Housatonic. It's just on the other side of town. This stretch is about 12 miles from Long Island Sound up to the first dam in Derby and it is tidal for that full distance. I spend most of my time in the lower half, especially in the excellent Wheeler Marsh Wildlife...

I paddled up through Lovers Leap on Tuesday from the Rt131 boat ramp. I'd gone up the bottom of the Swift river before - it was a great and unexpected surprise.

Good vocabulary for describing different flatwaters!

oh yeah, I forgot to say that flat water doesn't need a classification system.

I do a lot of out-n-back day trips on rivers in my area - both freshwater and tidal. As everyone knows, current speed can vary greatly depending on the season and recent rainfall, and tidal rivers change throughout the day, of course. First, guidebook writers seem to assume that everyone is...

It was either a 17 ft Grumman or a 17 ft Alumacraft. And it was at Many Point Boy Scout Camp.