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Clint, I watched that video again, a couple times. What strikes me as odd is that the delaminating cloth layer appears fully saturated, graphite black (and black pigment?) through to the bottom of the cloth, but there is not a trace of anything left on the hull as the cloth is peeled off...

If everything went right that shouldn’t happen, but there are a lot of things that can go wrong with epoxy and cloth, from improper mixing ratio to amine blush to other incompatibilities. How much graphite powder in the mix? West 423 graphite powder recommends a max of 10% by volume, or a half...

“Even”, or “equal” would have been a better word choice. As in with the foot brace rails each fixed an equal distance below the gunwale*. With the side rails measured an equal distance from the front edge of the seat. *Not always. On a couple of our loaner canoes with a fixed seat the foot...

“You know you are just asking for a bunch of likes” Not just likes, I got me some love, and even made a couple people cry. Starting the morning with a deep huff of emoticons I am beaming with pride, and now girded to face the day.

I measure up from the floor so the foot brace bar is at the ball of my foot* and install a temporary platform, a shallow box or stack of 2x4’s on the canoe floor to hold the rails and crossbar in place. I can’t hold both sides of a foot brace bar in place during installation by myself, but...

Respecting, and from an admin perspective understanding, Glenn’s wishes “Again, please no more tangent discussions of likes or reaction scores in this thread.”, I didn’t want that thread to go wildly off course, but feel I should elaborate on my anti “like” or “point scoring” preferences on a...

I thought of another reason why I often visit Canoe Tripping. Muscle memory ooops. I open bookmarks, meaning to go somewhere else, and without thinking click on Canoe Tripping. Seriously, several times a day. Sometimes I stay to read, but often enough I mutter “Dammit, that’s not what I...

I’ve given away a fair amount of usable gear to “others”, including tents, sleeping pads, stoves and the like. The family just takes what they need, they kinda all have their “own” favorite gear. Lots of paddles and PFDs, either to friends starting out or thrown in as a bonus when giving away...

A reprise of a previous post that included no photographs. Friends are planning a Green River trip and, instead of renting a heavy diamond plate groover, are interested in carrying an efficient, permit-acceptable wag bag toilet system. For folks who have never used a wag bag system, here goes...

“What you are addicted to in modern Xenforo lingo, Professor Pitt, is "reaction score", which is a formulaic composite of points awarded for the six possible emoji reactions to a post. The formula is: one point for a Like, Love or Haha; no points for a Wow, Sad or Angry. I can change this...

I didn’t mind the shaft diameter, but the square blades on Clement’s tee grip WW paddles were too much for my comfort. https://www.canoetripping.net/threads/clement-paddle-shape.82167/#post-82175

“Wear primarily in the center bottom of solo canoes, most especially highly rockered solo whitewater canoes, is common. All my whitewater solos wear first under the solo seat, especially if that seat is a saddle jammed under thwarts, which prevents bottom flex.” That is certainly true of...

A Message Board Participation Question I’ve been dipping into Canoe Tripping more than usual of late, sometimes just to find an old photo or how-to post, and the frequent visits got me thinking about the why. As always, for the discussions, for canoe curiosity questions asked and answered...

“As it happens I have the boat in the back yard today for some preventative maintenance getting ready to apply another coat of West System epoxy/graphite powder mixture to some areas of wear along the keel strip as shown in the photos below. There is virtually no wear of significance to the...

“I was able to get the hogging out and slight v shape back with bracing. I don’t have a good before photo, but this is in a much better shape. I am going to run 6oz fiberglass tape and epoxy between the skid plates and roll epoxy on the outside. I don’t expect a miracle, but I am hopeful this...

“I am planning a trip this summer and wants to travel as lightly as possible. Of all the things you take with you on an extended canoe trip (more than a week), what would you be willing to leave behind? Or what do you think you could safely skip taking with you?” Erica, IIRC you are thinking...

“The shallow V design is OK but I don't think it has any real advantages over a shallow arch design. Also, when the canoe is stationary the hull has a tendency to want to tip slightly onto one of the "flats". While this is no big deal at all it can be a little disconcerting to someone...

“What about a piece of glass tape epoxied to the foam and then stick the Dual-Lock to that?” “I just bought some 1.5mm ABS sheet to use for stiffening packs, presumably the foam would stick to that as well?” We tried epoxy, actually G/flex, on a large minicel slab seat pan adhered to inside a...

There are sure to be Craigslist ads in 2023 touting “Made by the famous Mad River Canoe company, the no longer available Adventure 16, only 85lbs including twelve cup holders” I do wonder how many Explorers were made in total, counting Royalex, glass and various kevlar models. The Explorer was...

“First off, I realize that what one brings depends on many variables. I wasn't expecting to get instructions on how to make specific lists for specific conditions, but now that they've been posted, I am finding them useful. I was hoping to get the answers like: "electronics" and the "extra...