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Better: Carbon Kevlar - tough, stiff, and light. For perspective, when I first paddled good fiberglass canoes were in production but...

What has gotten better - my skill set and my attitude as well as my goals. I have turned into the guy who paddles hard to get to base...

My urge to cover ground has flipped. Taking the eighth day in camp worked well. Them changing lakes after eight days felt comfortable...

What's gotten better? Having money and time. I bought my first solo canoe in 1983--even as a dealer getting it wholesale, I couldn't...

Clothing progressed. Pfd comfort progressed. Boat shapes seem to go in a to me wrong route. Most interetations of the same boat get...

This is an interesting question. Here is what Cliff Jacobson, now 84, says about his 72-year canoe career, about the same as mine...

I like that idea and it's a good one. I try to live that way but it's tough. You don't wan to miss out on opportunities when you're...

it's a problem.. finally got to retirement, the problem with retirement is now I'm old and everything takes longer, including recovering...

Depends on how accurate you care to be. What is your location accuracy tolerance? I doubt those cheapie plastic things will get you...

One can also buy plastic sextants for not too much money and with the addition of an artificial horizon you don’t need to be on the...

It does take some practice. You need an accurate timepiece, knowledge of standard stars and how to recognize them, books of...

I’d love to learn to use a sextant. Probably not going to happen in this lifetime, but an intriguing skill.

Sometimes I think I should reproduce this sign for my barn door. Jim

This is what a set of ships curves looks like if anyone is curious. Jim