Recent content by stripperguy

Here in NYS, anything that has a motor, electric or gas, requites a registration. Non motorized boats, canoes, k***ks, SUP's, rowboats, even sailboats, need no permits or registrations. There is required safety equipment depending on the time of year and the type of boat. Any NYS boat launch is...

Glenn, How about an update WRT the target funding level rather than number of contributors...perhaps a % value?? Are we getting close? Or still miles away?

I have NEVER lost anything on a canoe trip!! However, I have strategically stashed some equipment in obscure places. For example, I have stored a Buck sheath knife at the bottom of Stillwater Reservoir. I also keep an 8x monocular at the bottom of Brandreth Lake outlet. Tough break about your...

You would need to take out from the Hudson at the old Gooley Club House, just upstream of the Indian River confluence. Or...ride all the way through the Hudson gorge. From the Chain Drain to the Rock to the Cedar is mostly just a couple riffles. The Cedar has a set of Class II's just before the...

Jake, It took me (you know I'm older than dirt!) about 1.5 hours to paddle from site #1 on Third Lake, to the falls at the end of The Chain Drain. The bushwhack through the woods to the bottom of the chasm (river right) is best done with less vegetation. A faster boat and younger arms and legs...

I did a quickie 2 day, one night trip back to the Essex Chain Lakes yesterday and today. Hopefully, here's a link to the falls at the end of The Chain Drain https://photos.app.goo.gl/MzKGznbL91S5qyt7A And here's a couple pics

Thanks, bc...I should have included them earlier!

Hey fellow paddlers, I was searching for something else, when I stumbled an old trip report of mine that was published by Adirondack Explorer Some of you may know all about this, but some may not, here's the link for those that may be interested...

I do much the same as you have pictured, couple of supports with scrap carpet material. I keep the supports about 8 ft apart, depending on the hull. I make sure that the hull is supported in such a manner as to NOT distort the design shape. Easy enough to verify with a form or two. Oh, and I...

I’ve done it both ways, football foam only and football with ribs. For my usage, the ribs are overkill. There’s plenty of added stiffness from the gunnels. Whichever way you choose, just be sure you get the foam 100% attached to the hull. You’re using some thick foam, was it 10mm? That will make...

Back a few decades, Sawyer offered adjustable height seats in their solo canoes... https://www.scribd.com/document/514882698/1988-Sawyer-Catalog

Say what you will about NYS, but our Adirondack and Catskill parks are constitutionally protected (Article 14), and have been since 1895. Hopefully, Minnesotans will push for permanent protection for the Boundary Waters too. All that is needed is enough visibility, and enough people to realize...

Yesterday, Jabe Pond colors nice, but still have a ways to go... The nearly drive to launch spot One of a half dozen or more islands DEC signage at parking area

Looks very nice so far When you make your seat frames, you may want to build those double arched Jim Dodd seats. They look great and are extremely comfortable

Continuing the theme of ADK day trips, here's the Boreas River. Starting on Cheney Pond Across the pond to the outlet, then on to the Boreas River, roughly 6 crow miles downstream from Boreas Ponds Then downstream on the Boreas, views keep improving After the old Lester Dam, it's a...