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I will take the clamp on, if no one else has spoken for them. They will go on my sons Wenonah Prospector 15.

@memaquay I put it on a tension scale today and she sits at 41.8 lbs. @Glenn MacGrady Heh. No, I don't reckon that will happen again. Those lessons have a way of sticking around. Here are some more photos. If other angles help, just let me know. It's not going anywhere anytime soon...

Thank you!

@sailsman63 @Alan Gage @memaquay If you were to add a full piece of cloth to the inside of the hull, aside from any patching, would you use s-glass or aramid? What weight? Would it be worth using epoxy over vinylester?

Thanks for the encouragement, guys! It will be an opportunity to learn some new skills, for sure. I'm trying to get Nova Craft to quote me a full-length piece of material, they only want to do up to 24" square in their repair kits. I had a very long day today, so I haven't gotten around to a...

Well, I went and picked it up last night. No soft spots, condition as described. The "jellyfish" marks do indeed appear to be from fibers pulling away from the gel coat as a result of impact. Obviously, this shows with a clear coat, and would not with a color coat. I was very pleased with the...

If that doesn't describe the draw of the sport, I don't know what does. Great sentiment.

Thank you for the encouragement. It is the type of canoe that I want, I reckon I will have to see if this specific hull is my jam. It appears to be a 2004 from the HIN, which would put it in the earliest runs of this layup. The seat has been replaced at one point and will be replaced again soon...

Good advice, thank you. You are the second person to advise that the "spiders" are from fabric strands delaminating from the gel coat. It makes sense. I will be very thorough in checking the hull integrity. Good eye on that inside pic, I had not noticed that before. Looking over all the...

Glad it helped!

@Blukanu That's how it should be. The zipper sits about three inches above the bottom of the pad on mine as well. That helps with not putting all the strain on the closed zipper and transfers it to the cloth instead. Pull the bottom half of the zipper up and around the bottom of the mat and...

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2nd the recommendation for Dynel.

Thanks for looking in. I will be picking up a Nova Craft SuperNova next week. It is in their Blue Steel layup, which is a combination of Kevlar, carbon, and polypropylene. I believe this may be my ideal boat, a reasonably light solo river tripper for a very substantial man. I am buying used...

Great thread! Your Pioneer packing system looks almost identical to mine, though I throw in a couple more "comfort" items like a stick stove and table. Love the waist belt, I need to get something similar. All of that stuff is in a thwart bag for me, and not really handy should I really need it...

Stretched between two points, without mattress, my XL is 110" tip to tip and 82" between the two bottom "stick holders". My Fjol Winterlight XL pad is 87.5" long, deflated. I inflate my pad, start the insertion, and then fold the foot of the hammock under itself to finish the install. Once the...

Oh, duh... lol. 😅 I almost never cook in the backcountry and tend to forget that others do. Yeah, a reckon powered could work, though I can't say I have tried it.

I make this in a skillet, not sure if that's what you mean. It's a great base batter, and highly adaptable.

Very forgiving. The most unbalanced bit is bridging into a sleeping bag or when you lean waaaaay forward to zip the bug net. I can reach the ridgeline from any position to steady myself. I have only gone out forward, you are darn near vertical before it passes the point of no return. If your...

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