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There's nothing special to say about it... It's originally a sail made by the german company “Klepper,” and it was originally intended...

In the '70s, I chose "sailing" as one of the required Phys Ed classes at a massive midwestern university. We sailed Grumman aluminum...

Leeboard ... . . . . finished. Now I just need to paint it, align the clamps, and secure them. I'm very happy with it. And...

A quick update on the leeboard.. Today, with a mix of nervousness and a lot of sweat, I drilled the holes in the support boards and in...

just have a look . .

Leeboard ... . . . . . . . It’s just a shame that I mixed up the front edge and the back edge when I was thinning it...

20' poles....holy carp!

Last weekend was the Wargrave and Shiplake regatta on the river Thames. It's a family friendly and relaxed event unlike the Henley Royal...

When I think of what these dams have done to the salmon migration, it always leads me to the plight of the mom&pop commercial fishing...

Redfish Lake. When I was young, the old timers had stories of the lake outlet so full of spawners that it was a solid stream of...

All the dams around me in the Midwest were built to run mills of various types which are all long gone. They're small concrete low head...

Some rivers are hard to get information on. In the West some have few roads that allow observation. They are easiest to see and assess...

I'm very lucky living in Ontario with it's 250,000 lakes (about 95% natural), but most of the larger rivers themselves have at least one...

We got picked up at the Kipp bridge and all our gear and canoes were shuttled to Coal Banks.

Without the system of dams on the Boise, this Treasure Valley community wouldn't exist. Much of the farmland that is being swallowed up...