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Getting out... The main thing is to have the canoe parallel to shore, again in ankle deep water. Trailing foot or knee in the center of...

I bought a 2024 Wilderness Forester in Dec 23. I was surprised it did not have crossbars like my previous Subarus always had since 2004...

Seems like interest in double bladed paddling is increasing. That's good. I'm sold on it. I first started experimenting with paddling...

How does the rack differ? Our 2020 would be okay for hauling if the rails (which can be rotated 90° for crossbars) weren't covered with...

I finished repairing the Moccasin as outlined in this thread a couple days ago. Took it out for a spin this morning. First...

I have a little different take on this. All of our canoes are more stable when moving. So I begin with the canoe floating parallel to...

As a 72 year old, I typically enter my solo canoes by stepping in just in front of the seat. Unless I'm taking off from a dock, I...

the only thing I'd do is run a buffing wheel with some aggressive rubbing compound on it to take out the lumps and bumps- that'll show...

I am glad the canoe will be used; the guy who bought it has many other canoes and will definitely use the 15-and tht is why it was built!

Glen, I knew a guy from the bwca.com site who has been interested in the boat for some time, and when I posted it there, it was gone...

Flipped the hull over and looked real close. It's looking very much like the outside damage already got an epoxy treatment. I...

So, genetic memory? Or something else?

From the current edition of spaceweather.com: MOTHS FOLLOW THE MILKY WAY: Astronomers come in all shapes and sizes--even invertebrates...

Fascinating to contemplate. My brother rode across Africa from Gibraltar to Nairobi. In Mauritania they guided by a little old man...

Good point. When I was paddling tandem I could easily get out of my thigh straps. With the narrower solo, I wear only neoprene socks and...