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Good stuff, I need to try east coat boating. We had it similar in MT, much of the small water was either trickling or raging. Not much in between. In the southwest it's feast or famine, we're either on for a week or two or three or I'm paddling our mountain lakes.

We live about 25 miles ( 7 miles of dirt) from the nearest town and it's got a population of about 4k. My nearest neighbor lives 3 miles away. Our front yard is about 40 acres and so is our back yard. :- ) Mule deer, antelope, elk, coyotes and the occasional Mex grey wolf cross our place. We...

I like the flat bottom too, the tradition DO legs are too short IMO I use an old pair of 6" Channel Locs for a lid lifter :- )

I picked up a left over permit Fri. :- ) Putting in at Motezuma Creek UT at noon and taking out at Clay Hills about the same time. Self supported canoe only trip with no group planning (show up ready to boat) Except my wife is shuttling and would get folks back to their vehicles from Clay...

It's actually two Austrian military shelter halves rigged Whelen style for the open front shelter thing and it can be rigged full closed as well obviously, but there's lots of ways to rig it. The shelter half kits where only $11 each and came with some very heavy duty stakes and nice aluminum...

Congrats! My wife and I approve of this message haha Winters a good time to go, commercial trips are done for the year and traffic is fairly light. We pick up left over winter permits when we don't get a trip in warmer weather locked on. My wife is funny in that she prefers to do 20 plus day...

I've been eyeing aluminum DO's for awhile and even tripped with folks that used them (lots of guides use them) but until now have never owned one. My new one is getting broken in with thick cut pork chops, potatoes au gratin, SW style with a cheddar/jalapeno cream sauce and pablano chili's, it...

The university's also digitally reproduce some old volumes and provide them free of charge or super cheap on Kindle :- ) Another excellent nonfiction SW author is Craig Childs, not a bad book yet IMO ...and of course all us backcountry bum SW folks read and re-read Edward Abbey haha Favorite...

Welcome Mike, nothing to offer on your boat project, I've never been to FL :- )

The Lost World Of The Old Ones by David Roberts Been sitting on my Kindle half the winter but I'm getting excited about the tripping season. All the SW rivers run though very archeoligy rich country and I enjoy checking it out.

No Title The ice is coming off our local AZ lakes and reservoirs and make for a nice morning paddle to get ready for the river tripping season.

I traditionally have bagged as well, but have been slow with rigging the Supernova. Trying to strike a balance of relaxed river tripping and full bag cage, straps, cups and saddles. 'The simpler the tool the more required of the workman' sort of thing. I'm gratefull for the conversation on this...

Sounds good, we've found the key to getting on the permitted rivers in the SW consistently is casting a wide net :- ) It took a little bit to get my head wrapped around to playing the permit thing, but one trip down the GC and I was hooked haha and while getting a permit is tough, getting on...

I felt the same way about the Rendezvous tumblehome (with no real evidence) that I wouldn't like its cross current behavior. The fine entry and low flair didn't excite me either. I was looking for a versatile solo tripper that leaned towards whitewater performance first and flatwater second. I...

Jerry in CO had the RX Rendezvous I was talking about and two others in RX. He also had/has several in kevlar. I was seriously considering one, it was Jerry that pointed me towards the Supernova. Good guy. I haven't bagged my boat

To add to this, the San Jaun from Montezuma down is 110 miles or so. We like to stretch the trip out to 10 to 14 days because the off river hiking is excellent. My wife is the shuttle :- ) If she decides to go (sometimes she feels left out at the last minute haha) she'll row our cataraft and...

........lots of good pictures including the technique to roll the canoe as it is puled from a pin. That's the 'Steve Thomas Rope Trick' another good reason to double bolt thwarts and maybe even replace a middle one with one more beefy :- ) You'll also get some fun gouges and scrapes on your...

That's an excellent link, thanks :cool:

I paddle a Supernova and the factory tilted bench seat is set back of center. When I was interweb boat researching I must have read a million words on Supernova seat placement haha I haven't changed mine yet, the boat trims good with a trip load (pack up front, plastic wannigan box behind...