Recent content by WoodsNWaters

I just completed reading Thoreau's Canoeing in the wilderness which is in part of the Allagash but not the "entire" modern waterway north. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34990 My immediate plans are more modest. But I'm envious of YOU. Then again I was paddling in Acadia NP earlier this...

I have been reading and comparing plans, hoping for 40 Lbs. If it grows to 44 Lbs, the kayak will still weigh 50% more. I have ordered a "complete kit" with pre-cut forms and strongback for a Nick Schade Mystic River Tandem. They claim 42 Lbs. I can loft but at the moment am willing to let...

Hi neighbor. I like Appleton well enough, and it's not that far but I'm on the other side of the Penobscot River. The self-proclaimed "boatbuilding capital of the world", Brooklin.

As a "returning" paddler I have much to learn. I want the convenience of a canoe again and I want wood. Dad had an AlumaCraft canoe that we used as a family. We used that and other aluminum canoes as Scouts in the '60s. Later I used whitewater kayaks and a plywood rowing/sailing skiff. I...