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I've been way behind in keeping up with this thread, but I love the Agatha Christie plot twist. The next time I'm in Pennsylvania I'll hire you to paint my Magic Bus van, which no longer looks as sharp as my avatar. You can have 30 minutes for color application with fast drying psychedelic...

Stephanie, where do you backpack and canoe?

I just read this thread for the first time ever and don't really know what the topic is, but @LostCaper's 2019 post reminds me of my enjoyable times 20-25 years ago when I was one of the original and most prolific posters on TractorByNet, posting as "glennmac". I recall when one of the members...

Locked. I can't be bothered wasting my and Alan's time with any more partial and full post deletions of political comments about tariffs.

@Microtus, congrats on all your new equipment. You seem to be going about your acquisitions very intelligently. Let us know how the various items work out for you over time. Old timers, newbies and lurkers alike are all always interested in getting new opinions on canoes and canoeing gear.

"It's official: Finland just claimed the title of Earth's happiest country for the eighth year running." "Some 188,000 lakes stretch across the land like mirrors catching the sun." "A road trip through Finnish Lakeland is the ideal way to experience it. Covering over 21,000 square miles, the...

The attached PDF with glue comparison tests performed by Fine Woodworking Magazine has been posted before on this site. For overall average strength in various woodworking joints and with various woods, Titebond III came in first, just squeaking ahead of epoxy.

I've split off the burgeoning and very interesting tangent between @PortageW/Cerberus and @yknpdlr about "Long, Fast Solo Canoes" into its own topic by that name, here: https://www.canoetripping.net/threads/long-fast-solo-canoes.129939/

I'm going to split this "Long, Fast Solo Canoes" discussion off into its own thread by that name. It's an interesting topic.

It's been boated for 220 years, but I don't think I could paddle it. My acrophobia kicks in just watching.

Josh, you've already make interesting contributions to a couple of threads here, but I just wanted to formally welcome you to site membership! Feel free to ask any questions and to post messages, photos and videos, and to start threads, in our many forums. Please read Welcome to CanoeTripping...

Jvermast, those are indeed lovely paddles. Your skills are impressive, and thanks for sharing your photos here. I have many bent shaft paddles, including one Mitchell double bend with a wooden shaft and carbon blade, and I definitely prefer an asymmetrical palm grip for all of them. It's...

Do you race it? We have some members who do race or have done so in the past.

PWC, welcome to site membership! Feel free to ask any questions and to post messages, photos and videos, and to start threads, in our many forums. Please read Welcome to CanoeTripping and Site Rules! Many of the site's technical features are explained in Features: Help and How-To Running...

Nova Craft Aramid Lite Bob Special on a Kubota 35 hp tractor. (Hey, it's a "vehicle"!)

Thanks for beginning to document this repair, Jeremy. This site abounds with nicely-pictured build, restoration, outfitting and DIY threads. However, building and repairing carbon paddles is black magic and witchcraft to almost all of us except @Alasgun. It would also be interesting to see a...

Glad to learn I was wrong in this speculation. At 33:35 of the following Swift 2025 product launch video, Bill Swift displays and discusses the Flashfire, Wildfire and Starfire, and says the molds of all three are in good shape. Although none is in the current public price list, any of the...

Swifty, I want to swiftly welcome you, your Swift and the Swift River to site membership! Feel free to ask any questions and to post messages, photos and videos, and to start threads, in our many forums. Please read Welcome to CanoeTripping and Site Rules! Also, because canoeing is a...

Jeremy, thanks much for taking the time to film and post that informative video and your narration about your new Swift Dragonfly 15. For future searchers and researchers re the Dragonfly 15, I'm going to post this video also in the long thread about the Dragonfly 15 we've had going elsewhere on...

In another thread, Jeremy Vore (@JV_RedLeafDesigns) posted this video of his first recreational paddle in his new Swift Dragonfly 15. I thought it would be very informative in this thread, too, because Jeremy discusses the features of the canoe and offers comparisons to the original 14'-6"...