Recent content by stevet

If you are going to have an addiction, at least have a healthy one. Buy and paddle canoes.

That’s a beauty! Enjoy.

Can’t imagine moving the thwart a couple inches would be detrimental to hull integrity. I have moved thwarts many times without problems. You could always call Northstar for verification.

Outside diameter appears to be 1 1/4”. Always able to cut with tin snips if I recall….again, been many moons! It is stiff but will mellow with age/use though it takes some time. I have Yakima racks with gunnel stops so tubing must be placed in the same spot every time. I put a pencil mark inside...

You got me…forgot what day it is🤣

Wow, quite the crew!

Loved our Explorer. Comfortable, predictable, durable. Not what most would call a high-performance boat, but getting you there without any worries I would call performance.

Used Penetrol many years ago and it is great at hiding scratches but didn’t like the colorful “oil slick” that followed me around. Looked like gasoline on the water.

Beautiful! Might help to let folks know where you are located.

Thanks for all the great pics!

If you get a chance try Juniper Springs….beautiful run. One of my best FL memories.

Don’t mean to be picky but why would you have your day planner (that he seemed so worried about) in the canoe? And if I’m day paddling I usually leave my wallet in the car as I would like to have it for the drive home. As Glen pointed out, so many things wrong here that you have to assume an...

Harold paddled an SRT across lake Ontario so I think it can handle anything most of us would do. https://www.hemlockcanoe.com/meet-harold-deal.html

Have to say I am impressed withe the bending of the laminates. Hope I wouldn’t deform my hull like that 😱

Incredibly true. I have been fortunate (or foolish) enough to have a few dozen canoes pass through my garages over the decades and am finally pared down to one that is “good enough” to satisfy my disparate desires. Possibly that’s due to the mellowing of age and the infrequency of paddling these...