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  1. Will Derness

    Alternatives for this site's future

    I just logged in from current generation Ipad. Will try to post this response. I had been experiencing some navigational issues with buttons not working, all seems much better recently.
  2. Will Derness

    Penn Yan Kingfisher

    My thoughts exactly. I did say to myself, if I were to have a boat with a motor it should look like that.
  3. Will Derness

    What does a Old Town PACK look like with wood?

    That is the best looking OT Pack I’ve ever seen. Great restore!
  4. Will Derness

    No Rack. Boatless Summer?

    Long shot, but Leer caps use Thule for their rack builds. Maybe Leer might have an inventory of rails they might sell your local dealer.
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    Thwarts & Seat placement opinions

    Suggest you make hanger as wide as seat stay and even wider at gunwale. You are looking to maximize points of contact to dampen sway.
  6. Will Derness

    Thwarts & Seat placement opinions

    Dropping the seats will mean longer hanger dowels. Suggest you beef up the hangers to deal with seat sway issues- especially with bigger paddlers. When I’ve created wood hangers I get a rectangular oak milled piece of appropriate size and cut it to length to provide wider support at the...
  7. Will Derness

    Mississippi

    If this will ease your snake anxiety a paddling friend of mine who is a zoo herpetologist told me that only poisonous snakes float. A snake you see in the water that has its entire body on top of the water is poisonous; if all you see is its head and neck it is a harmless water snake.
  8. Will Derness

    Mississippi

    We paddled in February so reptiles were dormant. I’m sure there are snakes about during milder temps but the odds of encountering one is probably slim.
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    Mississippi

    One of the many Black Creek sand bars we encountered. Most of this paddling is in remote forested country.
  10. Will Derness

    Mississippi

    In SE Mississippi Black Creek and Red Creek have quite a few miles of scenic paddling. Located in Desoto National Forest overnight trips are possible and at normal levels numerous large sandbars offer pull over camp sites. Brooklyn, MS is the center for all this. Hattiesburg is the closet...
  11. Will Derness

    Long Arm of the Law

    Hopefully these helped make the recipients better playing partners.
  12. Will Derness

    Long Arm of the Law

    Once a felon, always a felon. God forbid you get another one
  13. Will Derness

    Solo camping and downwind sailing decked boat price?

    I’m moved to agree with you. If a higher price doesn’t move it, you could rethink things
  14. Will Derness

    Solo camping and downwind sailing decked boat price?

    My instincts would be in then $800-900 range. You have a sellers market, your unique outfitting, the sail. If you kept the original seats you could include them in should the new owner want to restore it to a tandem.
  15. Will Derness

    The Lowly Whistle: Critical Gear

    A whistle is a good example for "if you don't have it on you, you don't have it." Many, many years ago I attached a loud whistle to my pfd as a permanent feature. It is not needed very often, but when it is, there is no effective substitute. If you recall that day after we recovered our friends...
  16. Will Derness

    Photo of the day

    Starting the New Year off in good fashion by getting out the first 3 days. Studying radar each day we were able to find breaks in the rain. We are headed up river to enter the 7 Creeks swamp.
  17. Will Derness

    3 Days on the Brazos River Texas

    This was an interesting read of a multiday down river camping trip on the Brazos. https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B0049P1LXW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_d_asin_title_o02?ie=UTF8&psc=1&fpw=alm
  18. Will Derness

    Strap Yoke Variation

    I've been quite pleased with the stainless adjustable webbing slider. Slightly lighter than 2 Drings, it performs admirably. Very easy to tighten, very easy to disengage, holds firmly when carrying. My demands on this piece of hardware have been light. The canoe is 42 pounds and perhaps my...
  19. Will Derness

    RIP Photos & Memorial

    Hoback River, Montana...............Photo by Bob Kimmel Thomas George McCloud Frederick Maryland - On Saturday October 3, 2020 , Thomas G. McCloud passed away suddenly at the age of 76. Tom will be fondly remembered by family...
  20. Will Derness

    RIP Photos & Memorial

    In remembrance of Tom McCloud, photos by Bob Kimmel. With my many absences from home to paddle whitewater, domestic tranquility concerns kept me from joining Tom on his annual Easter weekend gathering of paddlers on the Upper Potomac. While I missed paddling the Smoke Hole with Tom, much...
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