Recent content by Tsuga8

I poled an easy Class III the other day with only moderate puckering. Not sure I'd attempt Tannery Falls, but since Riffle-Raff mentioned poling in the Penobscot, I thought he might have considered it. The problem, I find in my creek around here, is that you often can't get a good pole...

Somehow my Penobscot is 68 lbs. If it weren't I'd be in it a lot more often. I think they must have come out with a lighter version in later years. Guess that run is too much to pole, eh? :)

Tempting. If it were just a little closer....

StraightER, flatER, and LESS pushy. It's all relative 🙂

Thanks for your thoughts, Steve. I've heard of ballasting amidships so the stems rise for paddling in open-water waves. Wasn't sure the same applied for poling but it makes sense. The poling creek I was on this week often barely has enough water to float, so I won't be adding ballast there...

Your son should rescue it and use it! I've never tried one but hear great things - very lightweight and surprisingly durable, so they say. Cape Falcon is a company that makes kits and instructional videos on building these - he's added rowing and sailing rights to them as well.

Water levels are decently high at my creek again, great for practicing eddy-outs and peel-outs, which I spent some time on Thursday and yesterday. A couple things I'm chewing on: I was without bow ballast both days. I was trimming back a fair bit (two hops from the yoke backets) to get the...

Good pup!

Not to dissuade you from CW Outfitting, but a Wenonah dealer with a robust ecommerce platform may also serve. Rutabaga comes to mind, as did Oak Orchard and Austin Canoe & Kayak. Seems like Oak Orchard doesn't stock Wenonah parts and Austin apparently folded in 2022, sadly. I sure hope...

Could you replicate the pattern in wood seat drops to attach to your wood gunnels? (Marine?) plywood maybe?

Are folks so scared of liability and lawsuits these days that they can't risk selling you parts? Good find, I might have to look into them for my Wenonah...or other boats that shall remain unnamed I suppose.

I didn't know about him til I happened upon this book, but I'm definitely planning to read more of his work now.

First outing of 2026. Should been doing other things but when it's in the high 70's F in March, sometimes you just gotta hit the water. Ice went maybe a couple weeks back but the weather and my schedule haven't coincided til now.

I recently finished Vanished Beyond the Map: The Mystery of Lost Explorer Hubert Darrell by Adam Shoalts. It was a fantastic read (I listened on Libro.fm, actually) about an explorer of the Canadian Arctic, highly respected by the famous explorers of the day but someone who never sought fame...

Well, that's one advantage to an aluminum canoe - don't have to worry about spilling burning coals in one.