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On past builds, I always used 6oz. cloth. It was highly recommended by two different boat builders. They maintained that the greater strength was significant to a minimal weight gain. On the Gyr, I thought I would experiment with 4oz. fabric, I know as many builders who tout its adequacy. My...

Thought I should join the circle of build threads and give an update on the progress of the Gyr. Some regulars may recall that I started this canoe a year ago. A spring deadline was not met and other, more pressing projects took precedence. The Gyr has been in a state of torpor awaiting my...

Mike, Your retirement escapades and jocular reporting thereof give many of us a needed respite from the chores of living in the north. The mercury may rise above freezing today so I might work on my tan while shoveling the driveway. Could the weird "Blu-blu" warble have come from...

My photos from the NT Memorial Paddle. https://picasaweb.google.com/114267878012874538920/NTMemorialPaddle I took a compass reading of the direction of the bolide from camp Hopewell. It was 240 degrees SSW. When I extended that line, it intersected Youngstown Ohio. Some might deem...

Congratulations on the thermarest score. I like my short pad in the summer or when weight and bulk are of concern. I found a closeout deal on a 36" Pro-Light, it rolls up to the size of a beer can. It fits and stays put in the hammock providing good shoulder to butt, bottom insulation. I...

Your patience has paid off, looks like a sweet deal. I'll assume its proximity to Marysville warranteda gizmo and doohickey resupply to BMO.

Great documentation and stunning photography, thanks for the effort in putting it together. A good trip report will have one studying a map; I'm going to my cartographic collectionright now.

August 12-16, 2013 Paul Conklin(Curtis Mayfly) I had visited Crooked Lake before but only as a day trip, which, didn't allow sufficient time for exploration of its environs. On this adventure, I would base from Crooked itself and have four days for proper discovery. Access would be from the...

I was paddling on a local lake when I encountered a young couple paddling a very nice cedar canvas canoe, of course, I complimented them on the fine craft and asked who built it. He explained that it had been a wedding gift from his father-in-law who was a boat builder of fine reputation in the...

Twizzle Twazzle Druzzle Drome... I recently found myself in a very tricky situation; it never dawned on me to elicit the assistance of Mr. Wizard. Thanks for the reminder; you've just gotten me out of my next tight spot.

Bushwhack to Riley Ponds 7/29-8/1/2013 Paul Conklin(Curtis Mayfly) I have bushwhacked to just about all of the neighboring ponds but somehow the Rileys have eluded my visit, they were always beyond the constraints of my time and energy. Close to the geographic center of the Five Ponds...

A most enjoyable account. If John Ford had made a canoe movie, it would have been filmed on the Green. J&K's photo documentation was superb, a good mix of scenery, candid camp portraits, petroglyphs, flora and fauna. The last time I encountered a Yellow Breasted Chat it was June 1978; I hope...

Pepperbox Pond Hopping 5-(5-8)-13 Paul Conklin(Curtis Mayfly) This adventure began from the village of Stillwater on the 150th anniversary of Henry David Thoreau's death. It seemed wholly appropriate to begin a simple, solo, journey into the wilderness on this day. A surgical repair to my...

Mike, You have a very good handle on my breeding and vagrant tendencies.

It's the last of the falcons for which a paddle craft has not been named. Linguists debate the origins of the word. It's either a b*st*rdization of a German word for vulture or the Latin gyrus-meaning circular, referencing the manner in which Falco rusticolus hunts for its prey. Gyrus is also...

Stretching, isometrics, rolling a big ball up and down the wall and yanking on rubber bands, therapy is boring but effective. My strength and range of motion are improving; I am now able to scratch places that have itched for a long time. The ice has been gone for several weeks but I have...

I have never experienced a vertical thermocline. I would think I'd have to run in an oscillating parabolic wave along the beach...I'm in, now I'm out, I'm in, now I'm out. I have experienced a horizontal line. Head and shoulders were above the fog yet I could not see the canoe Iwas sitting in...

Hours ago, I installed the last strip to the Gyr, that crescent shaped piece which is inserted like the last piece of a puzzle. This is the point at which the serious oogling begins; it will be followed with some tactile caressing. https://picasaweb.google.com/conk46er/TheGyr#5865314686206413762