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Yes, I learned those same lessons and when I look back at the ridiculous things I did with the axe and hatchet I'm extremely grateful I got through the main learning phase un-maimed. Alan

That did look like fun. Thanks for sharing! Alan

As I recall the hull is the same as the Prism but it just has a deck added. It's a neat idea and really blurs the line between canoe and kayak. I'll be interested to hear how it works out for you. I've thought of building something similar for local day paddles on days when the wind is up (most...

That really is a great observation. I think I'll use that differentiation going forward because some of them are more like a walk in the park. Alan

I completely missed that this was a poll. I've now cast my vote. Alan

Rhymes with outage. Alan

Nice looking boat. Is that stem color factory or did they do some repairs to it? Alan

You could look at flyfishing and wading boots as well. https://www.simmsfishing.com/collections/mens-wading-boots/products/ms-flyweight-boot-vibram Alan

I wish the drains were a little lower but these have served me well: https://www.rockyboots.com/s2v/rocky-s2v-enhanced-jungle-puncture-resistant-boot/RKC071.html?srsltid=AfmBOoqIQH9f0O12QJZpjI_ahgvZEOm82DERDT1LX6lin0hKlB-lhz4s Alan

That's definitely a nice speed increase over the Magic when paddling over distance rather than max sprint. What speeds were you paddling? Did you happen to monitor heart rate as well? Distance always seems to even out speed differences in many boats. Back when I used to train and race regularly...

Yeah, if I was doing a trip with real portaging I wouldn't be a fan of sandal type shoes either. Rob Kesselring, on the other hand, does a lot of tripping and portaging and sandals like that are his go-to. No one else seems to be rushing to emulate him but he likes it. Alan

I just looked at some of their water shoes and from my past experience I think the more open designs look better. The problem I see with the Arroyo is that the cutouts don't go all the way to the foot bed. I can guarantee you rocks and sand will get in the shoe and with those high cutouts you...

I haven't had those specific shoes but I've had shoes of similar design. I'm not a huge fan as rocks always seem to fall through the holes and then it's very difficult or impossible to get them back out. Whenever I wear them in water the inside of the shoe gets packed with sand, rocks, and mud...

No bears here but surprisingly, for the first time in 7 years, the racoons have discovered my bird feeders. They can comfortably sit on the porch railing and pull out handfuls of seed to stuff their face at leisure so I've started bring the feeder in at night. The other evening I forgot and was...

I'm happy to hear Shadow is adjusting well. He certainly seems to be enjoying himself. It's good that he gets along well with other dogs, I've know a few Huskies that didn't. I had assumed he spent most of his time off leash in SK but I hadn't thought about him running off on a whim. Good...

Well, I took those responses from the other thread and started a new one here so you don't have to worry about derailing anything. :) Alan

I wondered about Shadow after I heard you had moved. How is he adjusting? Do all the extra people bother him? And extra dogs? What does he think of the water? Is it hard to get him the exercise he's used to? Does he get as much off-leash time? Not that I don't care about you and Kathleen as...

I tested paddled Dan Cooke's Blackwater at one of his evening paddle get togethers. I really liked the boat but in the limited time I was able to paddle it I did not find it to be much faster than my Bell Magic or strip built Barracuda. I was only measuring max speed because it was a small lake...

Your test panel was tested under tension, which is where fiberglass is the strongest. The results may or may not have been different if you'd flipped it so the fiberglass was under compression. A rock would place the hull under both compression (outside of hull) and tension (inside of hull)...

Did it actually keep them away or did they just attack it instead of you? Alan