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The attached PDF with glue comparison tests performed by Fine Woodworking Magazine has been posted before on this site. For overall average strength in various woodworking joints and with various woods, Titebond III came in first, just squeaking ahead of epoxy.

I've split off the burgeoning and very interesting tangent between @PortageW/Cerberus and @yknpdlr about "Long, Fast Solo Canoes" into its own topic by that name, here: https://www.canoetripping.net/threads/long-fast-solo-canoes.129939/

I'm going to split this "Long, Fast Solo Canoes" discussion off into its own thread by that name. It's an interesting topic.

It's been boated for 220 years, but I don't think I could paddle it. My acrophobia kicks in just watching.

Josh, you've already make interesting contributions to a couple of threads here, but I just wanted to formally welcome you to site membership! Feel free to ask any questions and to post messages, photos and videos, and to start threads, in our many forums. Please read Welcome to CanoeTripping...

Jvermast, those are indeed lovely paddles. Your skills are impressive, and thanks for sharing your photos here. I have many bent shaft paddles, including one Mitchell double bend with a wooden shaft and carbon blade, and I definitely prefer an asymmetrical palm grip for all of them. It's...

Do you race it? We have some members who do race or have done so in the past.

PWC, welcome to site membership! Feel free to ask any questions and to post messages, photos and videos, and to start threads, in our many forums. Please read Welcome to CanoeTripping and Site Rules! Many of the site's technical features are explained in Features: Help and How-To Running...

Nova Craft Aramid Lite Bob Special on a Kubota 35 hp tractor. (Hey, it's a "vehicle"!)

Thanks for beginning to document this repair, Jeremy. This site abounds with nicely-pictured build, restoration, outfitting and DIY threads. However, building and repairing carbon paddles is black magic and witchcraft to almost all of us except @Alasgun. It would also be interesting to see a...

Glad to learn I was wrong in this speculation. At 33:35 of the following Swift 2025 product launch video, Bill Swift displays and discusses the Flashfire, Wildfire and Starfire, and says the molds of all three are in good shape. Although none is in the current public price list, any of the...

Swifty, I want to swiftly welcome you, your Swift and the Swift River to site membership! Feel free to ask any questions and to post messages, photos and videos, and to start threads, in our many forums. Please read Welcome to CanoeTripping and Site Rules! Also, because canoeing is a...

Jeremy, thanks much for taking the time to film and post that informative video and your narration about your new Swift Dragonfly 15. For future searchers and researchers re the Dragonfly 15, I'm going to post this video also in the long thread about the Dragonfly 15 we've had going elsewhere on...

In another thread, Jeremy Vore (@JV_RedLeafDesigns) posted this video of his first recreational paddle in his new Swift Dragonfly 15. I thought it would be very informative in this thread, too, because Jeremy discusses the features of the canoe and offers comparisons to the original 14'-6"...

You only live once to fulfill your fantasies, Verlen Recped. Just make sure you take videos for us when you track the length of the Yangtze River with your painter lines.

It's 25 million years old. The Great Lakes, in contrast, are at most 20,000 years old. It's also the deepest lake in the world at over a mile. And the seventh largest lake in the world. You probably haven't paddled it yet. It's in Siberia...

On February 28, 2025, Pelican International Inc. filed a Notice of Intention to Make Proposal (NOI) under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (BIA) in Canada, citing challenges in the post-COVID economy including U.S. tariffs, significant shifts in market demand, supply chain disruptions, and...

I would only prefer an asymmetrical grip if I were using a bent shaft because bent shaft paddles have defined power faces and back faces. For a straight paddle with undefined and switchable faces, I would always prefer a symmetrical grip so I can easily palm roll the paddle on recovery strokes...

At 29:31 of this Swift 2025 product launch video, Bill Swift goes over all the custom features of @RPATCH's blue forged carbon DF 15 and also displays a DF 15 with one of Jeremy's RedLeaf custom spray covers.