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Alan, I think you are right. The website where I found this photo identified them as "ladies." But the stern paddler appears to be wearing pants and suspenders. That was not typical female attire in those days. The bow paddler is definitely wearing a dress, and appears to have a big hat...

It is a wood-and-canvas canoe. Two ladies and a child paddling in Parkersburg, WV in the 1907 Ohio river flood. County courthouse in background.

Here is the paddle rack for my now-departed Tacoma. When the Yakima dealer installed the tracks for the roof rack on my topper, I asked for several extra long screws. The rack is made from Douglas fir 1x4s, suspended from those screws.

Most of you guys would not consider my paddles "nice," but here is how they are stored in my shed. E-Z P-Z, just a few pieces of scrap lumber and some decking screws. Bailers, throw bag, and other accessories hang from screws on the studs. PFDs and roof rack parts store in the shed's rafters.

Glenn, perhaps mine were not exactly the same, but they sure looked alike. We would have to check part numbers to be sure, and I no longer have the truck with landing pads and covers. I found the original invoice which said they were #1 landing pads. Mine dated from 2008. Maybe this is a...

I had the same Yakima landing pads with the same covers on my Tacoma for 18 years and over 200,000 miles. The landing pads were mounted on tracks on the camper top, installed by the truck cap dealer. Everything stayed attached with no problems. My daily commute, depending on where I...

How have I missed this thread for so long? Jeb at the James River Bateau Festival. Sadly, we lost him to liver cancer at age 11.

Thanks, NCDawg. I bought a Nova Craft Prospector 14 in Tuff Stuff in the spring. A bit heavy at 45 lbs., but I should be able to schlepp it around on short portages. Didn't want to go with anything lighter, b/c the rivers here are shallow and rocky. Especially now -- all the streams have...

The Coast Guard covers areas that we might not consider "coastal." For example, the USCG Heartland Region includes the Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Illinois, and Tennessee Rivers. River rules may vary slightly from salt water rules...

Coast Guard regulations require a vessel less than 7 meters long and moving at less than 7 knots (almost all of our canoes) to display a single white light. If the light is on all the time, there is no question about showing the light "in time to prevent a collision." Mine is an "all around"...

Thanks for sharing, Robin. I just posted a link on the WoodenBoat forum.

Laboratory post-mortem testing for rabies requires microscopic examination of brain tissue, which a head shot would destroy. https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/php/labs-specimens/testing.html I had never heard about the virus escaping. If you don't need the testing for confirmation, a head shot may be...

Just in case you were wondering. Cannibalism Is Bad for Your Health, Scientists Find Cannibalism became taboo in human societies not out of instinctive aversion but because it is ⁠harmful to populations who practise it, scientists from Poland and the Czech Republic have found. Michal Misiak...

A canoe on top of the car decreases your gas mileage. I figure -2 mpg per canoe, but it has been a long time since I measured accurately. It bothers me somewhat that we burn fossil fuels in an effort to experience nature in a pristine state. Same concern applies to paddling canoes made from...

You gotta be kidding. Does this: "(b) A person who manufactures or imports a boat for his or her own use and not for sale must obtain the required hull identification number..." really mean that I need a HIN for a homemade boat that only I use? How many of you DIY canoe builders comply with...

Nova Craft has a removable portage yoke that uses basic hardware parts. $27 CDN for the hardware kit, $150 US with the thwart added. The kit looks like ordinary hardware store items. I already have a salvaged Old Town center thwart. I picked up hinges, etc. at the local hardware store but...

Daphne Palmer Geanocopoulos, The Pirate's Wife: The Remarkable True Story of Sarah Kidd. Hanover Square Press, 2024. Before reading this book, it never occurred to me that pirates were married. Sarah was the daughter of a sea captain, and William Kidd was her third husband. She was one of...

THE PURIST by Ogden Nash I give you now Professor Twist, A conscientious scientist, Trustees exclaimed, "He never bungles!" And sent him off to distant jungles. Camped on a tropic riverside, One day he missed his loving bride. She had, the guide informed him later, Been eaten by an...

"So there I was, a med student on the general surgery service. It’s 6 AM and we’re rounding as a group: students, residents, fellows, and the attending. The other student is presenting. "We had learned that it was very important to the surgeons to know whether the patients had started passing...

Remarkable! That cake deserves a post in the Canoe Art thread.