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VA paddler reacted to Glenn MacGrady's post in the thread Royalex / T-Formex vs. Tough Composites with
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I didn't realize there were two different videos of the same pin incident. Having watched them both, I feel I should offer a different... -
I got my two canoes back from the shop (Kimball Pond Boat Barn, Bob Bassett, Vienna, Maine) Bob did a nice job of clinching all the...
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LaVerendrye, Qc. August 2026
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Today I had company on my paddle.
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I was in my canoe on the river between Long Lake and Tully Reservoir in Royalston, Massachusetts, yesterday when I stopped among the...
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My post has been corrected, 9:35 was when I turned on my GPS, My first paddle stroke was at 10:18 (you no doubt left a couple of minutes...
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VA paddler replied to the thread Royalex / T-Formex vs. Tough Composites.I have a rx OT Tripper that I bought in 2005 or 06, that I figure saw over 1000 miles of river travel from Canada to the Carolinas in...
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VA paddler replied to the thread Crossing into Canada with bear spray and knives?.Crossing into CA has never been an issue for me. They ask, I say, no, no, no, no, no. They say, have a nice time. I drive away. On the...
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VA paddler replied to the thread The Tichegami Odyssey.Thursday July 16 - Part 2 My new sleeping pad is very comfy and about 4" tall. So when my hand slipped off the side it made an actual...
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Wednesday July 15 (Day 3) Since my tent was just a pile of soaking wet fabric as a result of it's launch into the river last night I...
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VA paddler replied to the thread First Aid Kit Container - Soft vs. Hard.Maybe something like a CostCo-size canister/ container of pretzels? 8-10L seems like a lot of space, though. I’ve got one of those...
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VA paddler reacted to BillC's post in the thread Is this a Royalex? Im back with a new canoe with Like.
Gentlemen. I launched about two weeks ago and she rides beautifully. I haven't fixed the patch and it may need to be done. Right now I'm...
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VA paddler replied to the thread How do you inflate your air mattress?.I was going to include this in the Odyssey report but guess this works, too. I’ve been a thermarest guy forever, but recently got...
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VA paddler reacted to ReluctantFarmer's post in the thread A Solo Allagash River Trip In July with Like.
The problem with Hosea B, other than my inability to reliably spell the name, is really that there’s no flat spot except right by the...
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VA paddler replied to the thread Mégiscane River, Québec.Erica, you may indeed have spotted our royalex tracks, but the culprit would have been Tom or I as Recped paddled a yellow canoe. Your...