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Easy float trips are hard to find up here, multiple ports are pretty much the norm. If you have fat stacks of cash though, being able to fly in and out makes life a lot easier. A fairly easy trip would be to fly into Percy Lake and then paddle the Little Current River, getting picked up at the...

On the gunwales I build, I always coat the entire gunwale with a sealing coat of epoxy first. After I install it, it gets three to five coats of marine varnish, whatever the hull is getting. Maintenance is really just re-varnishing areas of use and abuse as needed. Using oil is practical and...

Most interesting canoe type video I have watched in a long time. Technically, he was single sticking it too, nice vertical stroke.

Wool pants shine for heavy activity in the bush. Even on high wind days, if you are pushing through snow in the bush, the wind will be cut by the surrounding vegetation. Having said that, with a pair of long johns, I have used mine for ski-dooing and ice fishing with success. I haven't...

I have routinely used sat phones in Nortbern Ontario, but that's a different concept from regular cell phones. It is strange though that the GPS on my phone on the basecamp app works everywhere I have tried it.

I think this was my first year with no actual canoe trips. I did a few motorized trips in the freighter canoe, but no paddling trips. Hopefully I can change that this spring.

I wonder what the weird truck leaf spring thing at the stern is for.

My favorite pair of wool pants have never been washed in 20 years. Don't tell my wife.

I dig the tractor style seat lol. I've still got my mint tremblay, it's a great canoe, I don't use it enough.

Looks like a lot of fun! You are very lucky to still have liquid water this time of year.

Wow, I just scrolled through that facebook site Jim, best 20 minutes of my life recently. I real admire the sense of community that enables this kind of project to exist, it is something sorely lacking in most places in Canada. All those pictures of little kids creating with scraps, and being...

Yup 60 inches is a good generic length.

I've run into that problem before...you probably don't want to do this, but I just glassed a couple of long pieces in by the gunwales with an overlap. Once sanded, it was hardly noticeable.

I've got a Werner Journey straight shaft canoe paddle that I use all the time. It's great, only problem is it makes my wooden paddles feel like clubs.

Not the fancy Leprachaun pants though, these ones. https://www.bigbill.com/us_en/wool-outdoor-pant-214

Once you go wool, you never go back. I know it might be insensitive to ask on a public forum, but what us your waist size? If you fall within the skinny side, you could get a late Christmas present in the mail.

Just remembered, I got a skinny pair I've never worn, 32 inch waist, probably fit a svelte fella like you.

Big Bill wool pants, I practically live in them until April.

Oddly enough, my dodgy heart can still handle 40 to 50 pound canoes no problem. It's my traitorous back that would really enjoy a sub 30 pound canoe. Gonna message my buddy, see if he's still got it.

I might have a chance to buy the same canoe for around 3 g's Canadian. Did you paddle it yet? Interested in how it performs.