themadindian

On May 11, 2025, after a week of heavy rain, which filled up the Patterson Great Swamp basin, legends tell the earnest story of "The Old...

My Cruiser 16.8 is Kevlar Fusion with a Textreme Innegra outer layer, epoxy, and UV Shield. It took a beating over about 1100 miles of...

Yes. I'll take some more pictures. I will take it on the Big Salmon River this summer. I plan to use it as intended. We shall see...

We had a lot of rain around here this week, so I got out to do some whitewater paddling on the Upper Millers. It a 7-mile class II/III...

Got out yesterday with the new canoe. Thanks to Tsuga8 for finding open water and Simuliumvenustum for the input on the Keewaydin 16...

Allagash River, 1967 at Inlet site, Round Pond. Group shelter made from 4 US Army surplus shelter halves. Note the classic crossed...

Collinsville canoe told me to use clear nail polish on my shearwater and they have been okay for 2 yrs now.

Gotta take advantage of these early season gems. Bogan agrees. When he sees the canoe go up, he becomes a velcro dingo.

If I don't feel like putting together my own or want to supplement them I use Outdoor Herbivore, great company for vegetarian and vegan...

If everybody liked the same thing, it would be a boring world.

Semantics post ahead: Too much safety is any safety measure you didn't use. Not enough safety is needing a safety measure you didn't...

Thanks, @Glenn MacGrady. I've updated my location as suggested. Yes, a Welsh plank aims at solving the same problem and for the same...

Osprey and Shearwater are two of my all time favorite solos. If I could have only one solo it would be Osprey (for the paddling I do)...