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Back in the early 40's up in Newfound Lake NH. My uncle had a cottage, and we would spend a week there. He had a big old wood and canvas one and a 12 foot row boat with a 2 hp motor on it. Everyone always wanted to be in the motor boat so I could always have use of the canoe. Aunt Mary would...

I can think of quite a few times when I have had fear: Twice crossing Tampa Bay in the Everglades 300 mile race between Fort Desoto and AnnaMaria Island in a big 23 foot long tandem kayak with my wife in the bow, In one there were sets of six foot breaking white caps quartering at us from the...

Perfect ! Put a five gallon bucket under it and you just invented the first canoe with a built in porta-john. We'll go into business together and make a fortune

I need to apologize for my saying "the middle" - By middle I meant the middle of the bow seat. Not on one side or the other of it. the gear should be in the middle of the canoe. Either a little forward or a little aft, depending on yours and her weight, to get the boat trim or a tad bow light...

What I would do in your case; make sure all the gear is balanced and the canoe is trim. You (not in the canoe) hold it absolutely as firm as you can and have her get in and sit in the middle. Then you get in (keeping it balanced as you do). Then tell her if she feels like paddling to go ahead...

I have been paddling tandem for a gazillion years, and I would never ask a newbie to do that. Also what is going to happen when they switch, (hut) ?

When I was in the Navy before most of you were teen agers, at the end of the day we used to throw our socks at the bulkhead. If they slid down to the deck they were good for another day. If they stuck it was time to wash them. Now on an extended wilderness camping trip if it is up north a...

Hi, When you decide where you will be paddling, let us know, and if it is the Adirondacks, and in particular the Fulton Chain; having done the 90 miler for the past thirteen years, and staying an extra day to paddle other lakes, I can describe in detail a lot of the portages you might be taking...

From my daily log - yesterdays paddle in Key Largo on Largo Sound: Mon -11/25 Couldn't ask for a better "eco paddle" yesterday. We did an almost eight miler on the paddleboards doing the same route that we did with Patty and Randy on Saturday, but going a bit farther. Now for the "eco...

We can and do stand, sit or lay down. Half way creek would be no problem, except after a hurricane where one year in our kayaks we had to do a lot of bush-whacking and finally turn back. There is one tunnel we go through where at the entrance/exit there is a branch across that is just a few...

I wanted to see if i could post a picture, so this is just a test. It looks like it worked, so now I'll have My IT expert, (my wife ) write down the instructions This is one of the many mangrove trails we paddle here in the Florida Keys. Believe it or not the other day we were going through one...

You want soggy, slippery, long steep up and slippery long steep down ? Try the Raquette falls carry up in the NY Adirondacks on the day of the annual Adirondack Canoe Classic when 250 boats, (C-1's, C-2's, C-3's, C-4's, War canoes, guide boats, Voyaguer Canoes and kayaks are leaving) their...

Thanks, that is what we were hoping to hear. We were at West Marine, yesterday and played around with one The salesman said that they are coming out with a new model and in a few weeks this one should have a big mark down

We have a bunch of handheld Garmin Map76cx Gps's and one by one they have been biting the dust so now it is time for a new one. We have been looking at the Garmin 78Sc and are wondering if any one has one and how you like it? We are not interested in any other brands, just that one for now

Thanks Glen, I just fixed it. These 83 year old fingers are lucky to just miss one apostrophe !

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Here it is : https://sites.google.com/site/`flkeyskayaktrips/ A few launch areas have changed such as the ones from Indian Key fill- that take off to Legnum vitae Key. I think they prevent parking there now. We need to check it out. Some others have changed since Hurricane Irma but for most...

Easy; at age 83, I just keep b*tching about it !

I started when I was about 18 or 19 years old with my then girl friend, (Nanci) in rental canoes at the old Normbega (spelling) Park on the Charles River in Newton Mass. I am now 83 and she is 81 and we still are two happy paddlers

I originally joined this forum a few years ago but haven't posted on it much at all. I just got off the phone with Mike McCrea and decided to take a look at it and realized I should be back on it. My wife, (Nanci) and I not only paddle and race canoes, but also kayaks and three years ago decided...