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Happy Incorporation of Hudson's Bay Co. (1670) 🍁🦫🪓
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Sliding Focus reacted to kahel's post in the thread Show us pictures of your canoe vehicle with boat(s) with
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Sliding Focus reacted to Benson Gray's post in the thread Show us pictures of your canoe vehicle with boat(s) with Love.
Canoes used to be transported by fancy cars more frequently. (The first image is a 24 foot canoe behind an MG.) Benson
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Sliding Focus reacted to Glenn MacGrady's post in the thread Any plans for the April 8, 2024 solar eclipse? with Love.
I see I missed some unusually spirited and a little too-personal dialogue in this thread while I was not reading here for five days, as...
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Sliding Focus reacted to gadabyte's post in the thread What are your current solo canoes and how do you like them? with Like.
Finally got out briefly in my new (used) SRT today. Love it so far, and gotta say that the talk of it feeling unstable to newcomers is...
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Sliding Focus replied to the thread WTB: Family style canoe (OT Camper, Penobscot, etc?) in Royalex.I’ve heard folks say that a paddle finished with varnish is more likely to give you blisters than one finished with oil, but varnish is...
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Sliding Focus replied to the thread Decision Time—Thwart Interfering with Seat Back.I agree with the folks who suggest moving the thwart. Replacing it with a curved thwart also sounds like a good, creative solution...
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Sliding Focus reacted to Odyssey's post in the thread Decision Time—Thwart Interfering with Seat Back with Like.
Listen to your body. Chances are if you're anywhere near grey beard country then you've earned some comfort. Besides, isn't it more...
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Sliding Focus replied to the thread WTB: Family style canoe (OT Camper, Penobscot, etc?) in Royalex.Congrats! The canoe looks sharp! Varnish will protect the paddle just fine (though if it’s nicked you may want to touch it up), so no...
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Sliding Focus reacted to Anedae's post in the thread WTB: Family style canoe (OT Camper, Penobscot, etc?) in Royalex with Like.
Picked up my 1980 Old Town Tripper today. Cleaned it up with some magic erasers and soapy water and gave it a coat of 303. Inside...
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So I got stuck with an art class this year, so I did what I know, got the kids to make paddles and paint them.Im just finishing these...
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Sliding Focus reacted to paddler123's post in the thread Supermarket Food Ideas for Extended Tripping with Like.
I've done trips up to six weeks, mostly with summer camps, and I don't think I've ever traveled with food that you can't get at a...
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Sliding Focus reacted to Alan Gage's post in the thread Supermarket Food Ideas for Extended Tripping with Like.
I don't have a problem with food like canned or bagged tuna and chicken or even bacon but on a long trip trash can get to be a big deal...
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Sliding Focus reacted to Paddlinhal's post in the thread Supermarket Food Ideas for Extended Tripping with Like.
30 days without a drier! There is a book "The NOLS Cookery" that probably describes how to do what you're trying to do.
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Sliding Focus reacted to Sturgeon's post in the thread Any plans for the April 8, 2024 solar eclipse? with Like.
I had planned to drive 2 hours from Toronto to watch totality from Fort Erie, on the Canadian side of the Niagara River as it exits Lake...
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Sliding Focus reacted to Robin's post in the thread WTB: Family style canoe (OT Camper, Penobscot, etc?) in Royalex with Like.
That Tripper looks great, and that Penobscot should pop back into shape with a set of new gunnels. I have no experience with factory...