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    Question about Maine backcountry camping

    A lot of Maine wilderness is privately owned by timber and mineral companies. Some of these areas are available for camping via agreements with the state, i.e the Allegash Wilderness Waterway. Generally speaking, state land camping is on degnated sites only. There are some areas that may allow...
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    Symmetrical and Asymmetrical

    This is your first canoe, right? How many trips per year will you use it? I took four guys to the BWCA a few years ago. We rented a NW18, a B17, and a Polaris. By the end of the trip, they all had opinions about what they liked and what they didn't. There was no consensus other than the Polaris...
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    Symmetrical and Asymmetrical

    It won't matter for you until you have paddled a good number of canoes and have developed a taste for what you like. Put three beginner men and their gear in one boat, and the differences in load distribution and paddler skill will matter orders of magnitude more than slight variances in hull...
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    Solitude / Wilderness

    You say a week to 10 days or less, don't forget to factor drive time, put-in and take out days, and a weather day. Just the drive from Missouri to any town close to wabakimi will take more than 16 hours. Canoe country in SK would be 24 hours from MO. Either of those will require a launch/exit or...
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    How much heavier is Paint?

    Depends on the paint, varnish, desired sheen, and coverage. But, for general fluid weight, spar varnish runs about 7.5 pounds per gallon and enamel paint runs about 11 pounds per gallon. Both will significantly reduce during curing. Enamel paint and varnish both have a wide range of solids by...
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    Clearance Sale at White Rose Canoe (Newbury, MA)

    Yeah, with rapidly decreasing inventory and regular price adjustments, just keeping the web store open would be a full-time effort. Although, it probably would clear things out in a hurry.
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    Clearance Sale at White Rose Canoe (Newbury, MA)

    Prices have decreased even further, across all fleet models. I'm having a hard time not making the drive... https://whiterosecanoe.com/?fbclid=IwY2xjawHwI9JleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHRNwE4mz8nIR5vByAQhc2355Xhy1ZkctoWYg_3jcG2P9bZl54zasE5bBTg_aem_wB0fZvdZjTjXEeykPIBQgA
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    The New Swift/DY Redesign of the Dragonfly

    Right?! I wonder how the DF15 would handle 300-320# loads.
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    Show us pictures of your canoe vehicle with boat(s)

    Yup, the older one-piece case. The Beast sun shell is still available and a planned upgrade. I'm a little worried about what I might find in there, but we shall see. She only has forward 1 right now.
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    Show us pictures of your canoe vehicle with boat(s)

    '94 G20. Nothing on the inside yet other than cleaning it up. Transmission went out, so waiting on warmer weather to rebuild it.
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    Show us pictures of your canoe vehicle with boat(s)

    Did that year GM still use the "gutter" roof to body connection? If so, buy the tallest Yakima gutter mounts (Yakima 1A plus 3 1/2" spacer) and you will be GTG, even with prospector-type shear line. You can buy the Yakima bars as well (I bought the 72"), but it turns out you can use 3/4" black...
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    Antenna interference of different cartopped canoe materials

    Short answer is that carbon fiber is electrically conductive and kevlar is not. Long answer: https://compositeenvisions.com/document/how-well-carbon-fiber-and-other-fibers-shield-radio-waves/#:~:text=Carbon%20fiber%2C%20as%20a%20conductor,composite%20material%20in%20phone%20protection. From...
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    Canoe foot brace - side pegs or cross bar?

    Bar for me as well. The flexibility in foot position is worth the sacrifice in pack placement restrictions.
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    My 5th "Final Canoe": A Swift Carbon Fusion Keewaydin 15, at 80

    That's great, Glenn! I hope you get to put hundreds of miles on it! Lemme know if that SRT ever gets toooo heavy... :cool:
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    Sit-on-top CANOEs

    Those are known in the US at SOT (sit on top) kayaks. They are heavy, ungainly, and not much like a canoe at all. Commonly used in liveries and highly upfitted for fishing. They float superbly well, as they are double-layer polyethylene. They paddle like a barge, but hey, paddle the boat you...
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    Double blade paddle . . . worth it?

    My favorite type of canoeing is shoreline paddling or river exploring on my knees with a single blade. If there is frost, tree color, and tea? Heaven. But, sometimes you need to *get* to heaven and the journey includes lake crossings, upstream travel, and/or headwinds. If I need to travel, I...
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    Pillows

    Nemo Filo for me as well. I also have the king version, which is much thicker but suffers from a bit of that beach ball feeling.
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    Whistling Away Wolves

    For those who may wrestle with some of the search features: https://www.canoetripping.net/threads/flares-as-bear-deterrence-and-other-uses.96137/#post-96240
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    Whistling Away Wolves

    As a long time predator hunter and K9 team member, I will not be adding high-pitched medium-duration noises to my deterrence efforts.
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    What do you think about the idea of having vendor forums?

    Two other forums that I regularly frequent have sub-forums set aside for manufacturers/dealers. It takes nothing away from the main site and adds just a bit of familiarity to the member/vendor relationship. The most popular one charges vendors for posting privileges, but that forum has well...
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