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La Voga Veneta (This is very much related to canoeing, I promise!) I first went to Venice in 2022. Of course, for a boat-minded person the city is quite a destination, despite the rampant over-tourism and accompanying problems (never mind that it’s washing away into the sea thanks to motorboat...

1000% agree, Glenn. A Swift isn't in my future unless I come across a used one at a very good price. And I baby my Phoenix as much as possible while still using it to trip with.

Sometimes, the creek closest to you is just bony a lot of the time. With used boats bought at reasonable prices, the wear and tear is worth it to me to be on the water for more of the season. That said, I do try not to abuse them, but to get better, one has to do some scraping and bumping from...

@Robin Trap Lines North is by Stephen W Meader? Growing up we had a little one-room library with loads of old cloth-bound classics - Hardy Boys and all that. They also had 'The Black Buccaneer' by Stephen W Meader. I read that one every summer and loved it. Eventually I got a copy as a...

I presume Millbrook layups are among the toughest of the lighweight composites, given they seem to specifically make whitewater boats. I wish they still made something a little more trip-ready in those layups....like the Coho or similar. I supposed IXP fits the bill as well? Tuffstuff and...

Yes....I guess you and I have a weakness for uni-dino-corn-a-saur poling boats, eh? I'm continually on the lookout for a boat that poles well, will stand up to rocks, isn't a pig (Heron) or a whirlygig (Souhegan) to paddle solo on the flats, and is light enough for easy cartopping and portaging...

I see I've asked a question with vocabulary that's vague in loaded ways. "Whitewater capable" might mean downriver trips with a couple Class II rapids, or might mean playboating, or pushing the envelope in Class IV water. For me personally, what gumpus described matches the conditions I tend...

Helpful tip, thanks kona! Especially in reference to another Bell royalex, which I assume has the same style/shape of gunnels.

Oh also, I heard back from someone at Millbrook, presumably Kaz tho they didn't say, that the molds for the Souhegan and Coho went to Hayden's daughter after he passed. So presumably those boats are truly no longer being made, unless someone has new molds made off existing boats. I wonder how...

I thought of you, Steve, and our conversations on boat specs and poling. Wide enough to pole? 😁

Wellllll......I have to eat some crow now, and thank the heavens for a supportive wife who has not made me start sleeping in the boat stable - er garage - yet. Yesterday I brought home a Royalex Morningstar that popped up locally at a very good price. It has noticeably blunter stems than the...

When I got the dog and my kayak was no longer an option, a couple folks recommended an SUP instead of a canoe. Others have since recommended an SUP when they see me standing up in my canoe. I chose a canoe because I felt like it's more versatile - paddle comfortably in a wider temp range and...

Are none of Swift's layers considered whitewater capable?

Ppine, I agree on the one hand, but then again I try to trip in wilderness-esque places in part because I want to be off grid. Generally I agree most of us could use less screentime. Traversing the east coast, Intracoastal Waterway, Mississippi etc seem a very different kind of trip, and one...

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Kudos to the folks rewilding their yards! Ecologist Doug Tallamy had an impressive statistic, which I'll attempt to paraphrase with moderate accuracy - the acreage of lawn in the US exceeds the acreage of just about all the national parks put together. And kudos to Glenn for keeping the lights...

Thanks! I actually emailed him last night. The Coho doesn't sound too much bigger than the Souhegan. I imagine rocker and sharpness of the stem are among the key differences.

Great pics! I was up in the Hoel/Slang stretch in September, and made use of campsite recommendations from @Patrick Corry on another CT thread (thanks!). A memorable type 2 fun trip in Sept 2019 was likewise to St Regis Pond. We had 2 nights and 3 days. Day 2 we were windbound on St Regis...

"According to Rick Slatten, captain of the St. Louis County Rescue Squad who responded to the incident, of the over 500 water fatalities in the squad’s history, less than three percent were wearing life jackets." The article linked to had more details from the victims - one of them knew the...

Great break down, thanks Steve! The Souhegan does sound like your NC - lots of rocker and very blunt in the stems. My suspicion is that the Heron (an oil-canning, slow-paddling boat) actually helps climb a straight chute because the ends are pointier and there's less rocker than the Souhegan...