Go to the local yak putin, throw two cases of beer into your canoe and paddle off.
No adjusting the load, no tying anything down.
In the end do we really want bother trying to convert Yakk'ahs to leave the Darkside
@ReluctantFarmer Chase rapids flow at the dam is the same whether the flow is 500, 1500 or 5000.
This is from the Chief Ranger
The difference is how long the gates are open
@Boatman53 It's a Hand Mattock. The area is filled with Japanese Knot weed that I string trim every other day. I use the mattock to dig out the big roots. I store it and a refill of trimming string in the tree so's I don't have to walk back to the house when I need them.
Best advice would be to get up and on the water early, (you'll also see more moose that way). We've only had to share once and we were the askies.
If you don't feel comfortable running LL Dam you can look at lining on River Left which is still a lot better then the Carry on the Right.
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I use a different one with a single roller and like it. I like that 3 roller version.
I've used mine a lot and the board Do Not have to be the same width.
We have a lot more birds now but the real sign of spring here is, my wife has taken over the dining room many with trays of Native Perennial Pollinators, complete with new shelving and grow lights