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Glenn, the red canoe in the picture Steve sent doesn't look like a Molitor to me. Those shiny gunnels look like aluminum to me, but could be something else. Not that it can be told for sure from the picture, but the exterior red finish looks more like mistreated fiberglass than painted canvas. I...

I've slipped and fallen a few times while on shore, and one of those I tore up the back of my hand pretty good, required an emergency room stop on the way home from the river that day. That's the only time I can remember in about 55 years of paddling that I truly hurt myself, but I could be...

This is somewhat fortuitous timing as I'm having some slow private conversations right now with a few members, and more with nonmembers about canoeing related injuries. I don't know how much we can actually provide on the subject, certainly nothing that will make any medical journals, but I'm...

Thanks, Alan. I knew that denatured alcohol was the fuel, but that appelation covers a fairly wide variety of concentrations, cut up to 10% (and maybe more) with "denaturing" poisons. The way I'm seeing it, the "best" seems to be minimal adulteration. And checking around does indicate wide...

I've never had or used or been on a trip with an alcohol stove, or at least not that I remember. I would expect that they would not be very common, primarily be used only by the experienced campers who would be more careful with them in the first place than the typical weekend warrior. Accidents...

Sorry, got sidetracked by the phone and missed the bottom paragraph of that post of yours, came back and responded ill-informed. You're on it. Do it. And have fun.

It's not been an issue for me in the boats I have, but none of them are Swifts, and out here much of the worry is up and down in elevation (4-6K feet isn't uncommon). If you don't have float chambers, you could just carry small end airbags and inflate and use them when you think it might be...

Not bad, but I bet you can knock another 10 pounds off that without too much problem. Might have to lighten up woodwork to make that. The next one is a full core rather than ribbed, right? Good luck with it.

Final weight, please? And weight of original boat (maybe listed further upthread?) Thanks

Man, these eastern paddlers will do and put up with anything to stick with their wooden boats! My go-to canoe is only 18-1/2 feet long, but that 42 pounds is what kept me sticking with her. (This response is meant as a joke!)

Mem, the first time I heard the term "goon stroke" was I'm pretty sure early '80s in the Bill Mason films, but I could be misremembering. Doesn't mean he invented the term, just spread it far and wide(?). I see the films are from 1977, but I didn't see them until the local canoe club aquired...

I don't think the writeups I linked are very extensive, and be sure to look at the dates, as I didn't do that. It's certainly more recent than my likely 50 year old memories would be though. They might provide more contact info, too. I didn't check for those, just collected a few likely looking...

I did the Rockcastle once back in the mid 1970s, but don't remember anything about it. Here are a couple links to some sketchy info: https://fw.ky.gov/Education/Pages/Rockcastle-River.aspx https://paddling.com/paddle/trips/rockcastle-river-kentucky...

Especially if a thunderstorm is nigh!

I've done this multiuse/makeshift pillow bit myself, and what works better for me is to use "springier" fleece or polyester clothing as the stuffing for the pillow, rather than cotton items like T-shirts or sweatshirts. The cotton compresses until hard, and then I felt like I was using a 2x6 or...

Has Shaw and Tenney always had this elite line of paddles? When I was in retail years back (early 1970s) the canoe shop I worked at sold Shaw and Tenney as low-end paddles, the $5 to $10 range as I remember. Clement and Sawyer were higher end back then, Clement, out of Trois-Rivières Quebec...

I didn't go far enough into the site to notice that, so sorry, folks, for mentioning it. I used to chat a bit with John Lockwood, the guy who started the company, when we were both at paddling functions (mainly the annual NW Sea Kayak Symposium at Port Townsend) and he was full of info and fun...

Another company that does this sort of thing is Pygmy Boats in Port Townsend, Washington, primarily providing kits for making your own boats. A slightly different method than the original video post, and it's mostly kayaks, but they have other boats, including at least one canoe...

I thought in the vid description somewhere, or maybe it was pecking around in the comments below that it was mentioned as 3-mm plywood. Don't quote me on it.

My sole trip there was end of February into March, which loosely (at least to me) qualifies as winter. We still had from below freezing weather (2 nights) to hot and somewhat muggy 100-degree (F) days. You set a time period for your trip and take your chances as to weather, especially when...