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  1. yellowcanoe

    New from CT & NY

    Welcome! Sometimes the craft is humble but thr memories precious.
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    Canoe ID and restoration

    png photos dont seem to download alas latee they do Like most of you i hate computers!
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    Wildfire & air quality in Algonquin Park?

    Also you might join https://algonquinadventures.boardhost.com/viewforum.php?id=23 Maybe a fire ban in the park which might determine the equipment you want to take.
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    Wildfire & air quality in Algonquin Park?

    It all depends on the direction of the wind. The closest one is east of the park and assuming no eastern wind from a low you should be fine We were in Northern Maine and had absolutely no smoke the whole of last week.It was rainy and dreary and the circulation of the low took the...
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    Hello from the UK

    OOPS. Just finished posting on your Mad River thread. Open canoes seem harder to find in the UK! So you might get more as I have no idea how UK prices compare with US/ CDN prices.
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    Mad River Canoe, manufacturing location

    The stark reality is this canoe is the number one canoe for livery use.. Nothing careful was used in the manufacturing process. It may have cherished memories for you but its just another factory made canoe and sometimes construction was sloppy. Liveries loved them as they were cheap to...
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    Paddling a solo canoe with a Greenland style paddle?

    I used to paddle often with him in ConnYak in the early 90's .Then there was a cadre of GP lovers. Clark had some trouble loading his craft at Cobscook. When he finished packing ( and had devoted ALL his attention to packing )the 24 foot tide ebbing had produced a few hundred yards...
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    Mad River Canoe, manufacturing location

    O dear. And there is a missing rivet or screw to hold the gunwale down. You coukd try prying it up with a broad blade chisel
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    To buy or not to buy—Swift Prospector 14 expedition Kevlar

    In order to install skid plates one must rough up the surface. Let the cobbles do that and apply them later. Use Dynel not kevlar felt.
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    Fresh Fruit On Trips

    O no have to make an excursion to TJ as we are Labrador bound later in the summer and fresh citrus going over the border is a no no! TJ s isnt close but in the same city as our doctors so we can make a happy aspect to the medical appointments
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    Mad River Canoe, manufacturing location

    Probably Greenville SC.. Confluence Watersports took over Mad River Canoe in1998. Your boat is three layer polyethylene and yes a bit heavy. As it is a utility boat I would not expect the location of its birth to come up in conversation. There is a serial number etched on the outside of...
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    Fresh Fruit On Trips

    they are a brand of mandarin orange.. Snack size and quite sweet. I am sure, quite sure, Google misled you. :ROFLMAO:
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    Fresh Fruit On Trips

    All I could think of this last week was Tang and Bourbon heated up and guzzled in the rain.
  14. yellowcanoe

    Duluth style packs

    I have a leather and canvas day pack from Jane Barron at Alder Stream Canvas works in Kingfield ME but even her Minnesota Pack is a bit small in person. Her packbasket liners are excellent. I have the Allagash Pack for a working day pack; it keeps wet stuff away from my lunch...
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    Fresh Fruit On Trips

    Love dehydrated strawberries! and dehydrated pineapple I buy dried dates cherries and mango in the grocery store Usually do not take fresh fruit. Lots of portaging has been my norm Cuties are a go to on non portaging trips Much better than Tang Who remembers Tang?
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    Wildfires in Canada!

    Poured rain starting yesterday torrents. still raining anyone traveling North Maine Woods needs 4 wheel drive a chainsaw and lots of patience . Graders cant work in mud The forecast for the entire month is mostly wet and cool
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    Wildfires in Canada!

    I am on Seboomook Lake on the NFCT if you do the NW not NE Carry Its been raining a week never above 50 and The air is clear The ground is sodden from that low that doesnt move No breathing issues yet
  18. yellowcanoe

    Best Places to Shop for Canoes Near Pittsburgh, PA?

    Coopers Lake tomorrow Solo canoe rendezvous Will be tandens too Test paddle on the lake Dave Curtis will be there Coopers is near NewCastle: Slippery Rock
  19. yellowcanoe

    Green river, Utah

    Need to frame that Andy Looks like a painting
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    To buy or not to buy—Swift Prospector 14 expedition Kevlar

    Probably a trim issue. Too intimate with the groover!
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