Recent content by yknpdlr

That's about the only way to do it with a heavy boat, or a very tall roof rack. Then hand over hand overhead lift and slide up and forward by two hands on the gunwales. I have used that method many times with a 34' 125+ pound strip voyageur on my F250. What I do not like about this method is...

One of my regular very accomplished canoeing partners is a rather short petite woman. She transports her canoe on top of a very tall van. Although she has done the job by herself when solo, beginning with use of a short step ladder she always carries in the van and getting the bow started up on...

When I was active as an adult in scouting, one fellow adult ("VIto") was quite the expert in Dutch oven cooking. At camporees he would often have a demo stack of up to 8 ovens piled high, all cooking with a different food content. When I volunteered at one of the resident camps, Wednesdays were...

In similar conditions off the Irish west coast on a day tour boat, the captain was quite a joker. When several passengers began barfing off the stern,, we were all warned not to order today's catch of fish for dinner tonight, since they were all freshly chummed. My wife, who I always knew was...

I have had an EZpass transponder for several years in case I might need it, but it has never been used. I will choose "no tolls" for pretty much everwhere I need to go. I do notice that my SXM radio has reception problems when a carbon canoe is on my roof, covering the shark fin antenna...

Unless they have pre-planed to come ready equipped with an extra long trailer, a sturdy roof rack mount with their own roof straps, or another kind of sufficiently long transport vehicle, they are going to have a tough time loading and traveling unnoticed with a 23' C4 or a 34' 100+ pound...

Very true from the CG perspective, but it becomes much easier to paddle it as a true canoe with a single blade paddle, as is my strong preference. Originally my RF came only the three stacked stock seats. The highest stack was just not comfortable for me. So, I went back to Joe to have him...

When traveling a long distance with overnight hotel stays, I always park with the car parked as close as possible to view from my hotel room window, under street lights if possible. The hotel clerk was usually accommodating. And the bicycle lock has to be a cable type lock, looped around a...

A simple tool that helps a lot is a short (6-7") length of half inch pvc coduit pipe with a rope or webbing looped through. If the loop is exactly long enough, you can loop it along with the conduit around a gunwale or the short bow and stern brace. This makes a very handy comfortable handle...

Definitely recommend a fabric cover as suggested above. RedLeaf is a good company and will precisely fit your exact boat. Also definitely recommend a bicycle lock around a thwart to your roof rack. Nearly every expensive composite canoe that I see at races will have a travel cover, especially if...

Years ago, shortly after the 3 mile Lows-Oswegatchie carry trail was cleared from the 1995 derecho blowdown, the downed logs were not cut with wide enough gaps for the width of my Canadian Walker wheels (the ancestor of the Suspenz style cart). one wheel or the other would climb up on or rub on...

Fixed center or side-side sliding seats?

I have a Beeasy. No idea who that really is, purchased online from AAFES. I bought it because it has relatively large digital numbers that make it easy to see with a quick glance as my paddling wrist is flashing by for less than a quarter second at canoe race cadence.

Thanks for the memory. My dad and I would go to a creek where he grew up and fish the babbling rocky stream there. Most trout caught were 'stockies" from a state fish hatchery. The minimum size to keep was also 6 inches with a maximum number of 10/day. We tried to throw the little ones back if...