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Tarps can be nice on the Barrens, especially on wind days. Here's a CCS Tundra Tarp in its element, Dubawnt Lake, Nunavut last summer.

I do both depending on the weather, but given the time, I prefer to fold’n’roll. It protects the poles from getting bent and packs up...

That’s awesome. Gotta love a brand new boat. Though, considering your background, I’m surprised you didn’t make ash gunwales for it.

Yes, a friend went up to Lacross Wisc. at the OTC factory. and picked up three of the last six. We were unable to get trim or decks...

On any winter day here in Maine, it’s cloudy, windy and cold. And dark. Eclipse smeeclipse, why drive north for two hours to watch it...

I remember seeing those unoutfitted, new old stock hulls listed on eBay for a steal ($500-800?) a few years ago and wished I could have...

She is what we would all a "Keeper". Like my wife, who fully supports my canoe racing passion, she has been pit crew for 27 Adirondack...

for me it does not matter which cup - the main thing is coffee! Especially in the morning. important for me is that it is strong, black...

At 73 ? I don't go looking for White water any more. I do have one of the last Bell Nexus's to come out of the mold. I trimmed it up...

Oh yeah, I’ve watched all those Bill Mason films many, many times. As a camera nerd, I love how he used the compression of telephoto...

What is possible in a really old school canoe, but only if you wear a CCM hockey helmet and have a tire tube for floatation. You've...

I don't see it so much around here. Then again, I am in the Ocean State where sea kayaks rule. ;) Most people who buy open boats...

The first shot is of me in my green encore on the bottom rapid of the Lower Mad River, in Moretown, VT. A classic class III (IV) run...

I guess I don’t see it much either, but maybe that’s because “it” is us! But probably because it’s only us. 😆 There isn’t much of the...

I think it’s coming back, just like the popularity of canoes in general, but to a smaller extent. I just took up whitewater canoeing...