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There's basically no gradient on the lower Green. If I remember right, I think all the way from Green River town up at the I-70 bridge down to the Colorado River Confluence, it's only about a foot a mile, foot and a half at the most. That's basically because continual slippage (over geologic...

Regular isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol - "rubbing" implies elbow grease?) works on Douglas fir pitch, which I assume is similar enough to pine pitch and should be harmless to resins used in composite boat hulls. Good luck. I mainly use it on my hands after cutting firewood (we heat our...

Hey, Glenn, do "soft" decks count in the "no decks" rule? (I'm joking here). Gotta keep warm somehow when paddling north of the Mason-Dixon Line.

The first book of Patterson's I ever ran across was Finlay's River, which I checked out of the library when I was in college. It was the only title of his they had if I remember correctly. I ran across Dangerous River much later, and as a matter of fact have run the Nahanni twice now. I ran...

I'll have to see if I can find a copy of Davis's treatise. I didn't know about it. Thanks for mentioning. I know that Ray had help getting up to Virginia Falls and above. He describes getting up as far as Rabbit Kettle Lake, mostly through his thinly disguised handling of the location of Hole...

In another thread I mentioned the works of R. M. Patterson, most famous as the author of his adventures and exploration on the Nahanni River in 1927, which I'm sure many members here know of. I did a cursory search for his name here on CanoeTripping.net and turned up very little, though I could...

Most members here would know of R.M. (Raymond Murray) Patterson who wrote "The Dangerous River" about his adventures in the Nahanni Country. Some may not be familiar with his other writings. He's not really an "instructive" writer in that he's offering advice for canoeing, though he does...

Rubby, Probably vinylester, almost certainly not epoxy. Still, I'd use epoxy for any actual repairs needed as it usually adheres better to other resin systems. Not everyone may agree. I don't know for sure which it used, just a gut feeling. Someone else may know for sure.

Keeled, I have dealt with Tent Pole Technologies several times, but then I'm local to them, live "across the river" (even though it's about 30 miles between us), so I've driven there and one time had them do the job in front of me, other times they would need more time, so I left my poles and...

Froggio, 3/16th's is pretty much the standard diameter of the pop rivets used for gunnels on boats I've seen. What size drill bit did you use to drill out the original rivets? That's the size rivet diameter you need. Length of the rivets needed would depend on if it's a thin section boat hull...

I follow sprint racing somewhat, and yes same-side paddling C2 is done, just not real often. You'll see it both men and women. It usually happens when two really good C-boaters want to race together but they paddle on the same side. More correction, but they still make the length of the...

Scoutergriz, good advice for Froggio. Better than mine. Thanks.

Gamma, You can stretch the glass on the outside of a canoe hull if there aren't any concavities in it. That "great concavity" on the inside of a strip canoe or the inside of a female mold for making a fiberglass canoe means it wouldn't work there. Doesn't that at least partially negate the...

MrPoling said: I wouldn't stress over it, especially for fiberglass. I would just cut it to fit the canoe is it is. RoyBrew also said: If you still have the original seats, and how they mount, I would install them first. The after the seats are mounted, I would cut the thwart to fit. I wouldn't...

Gamma, I'm not sure I understand what you're talking about up there. "Prestressing" the glass for a build won't work like it does for concrete. The object in boatbuilding with reinforcing fabrics is just getting the fibers as straight as possible, maybe stretching them when putting the fabric...

In canoe country, the charging station is for those autopaddles people will be using. The fisherfolk call them "trolling motors." Water skiers call them something else. They'll be needed in popular camps to keep those batteries topped up, not just at put-ins. (I'm joking around here)

I echo Glenn here. We got a Wenonah ultralight Kevlar Odyssey (no longer built, 18'-6"long, 15" depth, 41 pounds) 10 or so years back that my wife and I have beat the crap out of since then. It's got one patch on the bottom and should get another, but I'm lazy. We plan on paddling it several...

Theft on the Rogue is definitely not a problem. Because it's a whitewater run, few canoeists are even seen on the river. Within the permit season it's mostly rafters, and most of them wouldn't be capable of paddling a canoe out if they did try to steal it. Equipment "loss" can be a problem...

A western USA trip that's often done inn-to-inn, though locally it's called "lodge-to-lodge," is the Rogue River in Southwestern Oregon. Too Tall, this isn't a trip that you'd likely be interested in, partly because it's across the continent from you, next to 3000 miles away, but mainly...