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This thread is confirmation to me that the overwhelming amount of damage to canoes comes from when they're out of the water. In my case, all the significant damage. A few scratches and scrapes on rocks are nothing compared to the damage I've done to my boats on dry ground. Some examples just...

Regular brass canoe tacks are 11/16” and are meant to join a rib 5/16” and planking 5/32”. Ribs and plank made of soft cedar. The goal is to bury the head in the plank below the surface of the wood and have enough length to turn the end into a J. Doing the math it seems you need a tack 7/32” or...

All Yellowstone, Grand Teton and Glacier National Park backcountry sites are by reservation, paddle and backpack. I think some High Sierra backpacking sites in national parks are by reservation, some aren't. Mark

I have settled on an ottertail design of my own as a second paddle for my solo lake/portage type trips. My primary paddle is a ZRE bent shaft. I switch between the two paddles just for the variety on a normal day but usually stick with the bent shaft because it's so darn light. My ottertail is...

It sounds like you're talking about something a little different, but I find that more and more campgrounds are becoming reservation only. I think things are going your way, at least in the front country. The Yellowstone backcountry has had a reservation system for all backcountry sites for as...

Sorry to hear about your father Bob. I hope he can find peace in his current condition. I'm sure you miss paddling the Sangamon River, right? I still have cousins there, but my aunts, uncles and parents are all gone besides my mother who moved to Seattle 40 years ago. Aside from all the cousins...

Bob, I listened to "Astoria" by Peter Stark this spring. It's essentially the story of how John Jacob Astor attempted to settle the pacific northwest just a few years after Lewis and Clark's journey, and his quest to control international trade and commerce. If you don't know much about the...

I agree, I'm not really that worried about the moisture, mostly the sun.

Help! I have run out of room for storing wood boats inside. I know I don't need them all and plan to get rid of some, but having them outside in the sun and rain is unsustainable. The Montana sun is brutal on boats. I have a canoe rack and a 4-place canoe trailer, so a tarp is probably what I'm...

I don't have any recharge suggestions, but over time I have settled on just buying extra camera batteries, but I know that doesn't work for a smart phone. On mapping, I have the $20 subscription to Caltopo.com and have the app on my iphone and tablet. There is full coverage for various map and...

There is a way in my editing software to do a "wipe" transition from one picture to another, and the ability to control the direction and speed. I hope that makes sense. Mark

Thanks, it's a homemade hat from the bin of fleece scraps. If I make fishing look easy, then the fishing is really easy. Mark

It was my first experience with a snapping turtle. The fish was only out there for 20 minutes or so. I suppose that turtle had learned to hang near that campsite over the years. Mark

In part 2 of the Quetico series I move south from McDougall Lake through a number of beautiful lakes and portages and end up at Cutty Lake. I spend a couple nights there, getting a little rain and having some pretty good fishing. From there, I travel further south to Sark Lake for night 6...

Good to see you found a canoe. Mark

I built 3 canoes this winter and got really frustrated with hand sanding the inside bilge area so I came up with this solution. I won’t take credit for it since I probably saw it here at canoetripping in the past, so take this as my update or a reminder to a tried and true method. Warning, this...

I did an 11 day trip to Quetico Provincial Park in northern Ontario for a solo canoe trip in 2016. This trip was on the heels of another longer trip south of the border, so I decided to take it somewhat easy, not travelling too far each day. I paddled a figure 8 loop starting at Stanton Bay on...

I carry the gorilla tape version of duck tape. I have used it to repair almost anything. I think you could consider it a permanent repair if you don't care how it looks. I dropped the side of one of my boats on a rock and put a nice 10" crack in the wood. I put one strip on the outside and left...

I think you could get a couple thousand Mike. Since Krugers are no longer made, or anything real close, there is a bit of pent up demand for something similar. Somebody told me there is a used Kruger for sale on Team Kruger facebook group for $9,500. Will it sell for that? Who knows. Is your...

Right on Jim. The only better way I've seen to cut strips with little dust is the way Nick Schade does it with a feed roller on his tablesaw. For that you need a large shop, the big saw, the roller feeder, a good dust collection system and infeed and outfeed tables. If anyone ever gives me all...