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Admittedly the seat looks strange with seat rectangle rotated so a corner is what is in front. However, I think this design also helps in ease of standing as your legs rest over the backward angular sweep of the cloth. Very easy to slide your feet back to get under you as you stand. I find...

Camptime Roll a Chair. Packs down to 4x4x27. Same company that makes the roll a table. Been my companion for 15 years or so. My favorite feature is the seat height - standard chair height so very easy to stand up from. 4 legs and a seat back which folds down.

I seem to recall seeing a recent a Garmin notice about a new 78 unit with InReach. If remote communication is a desired capability it might be worth waiting for the new unit. I recently helped some friends who were 12 days on a western river with no cell service, nor NOAA NWS weather radio...

Ive been using a 78sc for several years now after my 76cx failed survive a protracted length of time submerged in whitewater. Everything that I used the 76 for is on the 78. Self made maps on micro cards work seamlessly on both units. it takes a little adjusting to where the features you...

Well this suggestion could have you paddle into South Carolina. The last 60 miles of the Lumber River winds its way through a swamp wilderness, NC State Park campgrounds/landing along the way provide overnight lodging. End the trip at Rice Cove landing a couple of miles before the confluence...

Well I count 58 years if I were to start with my first canoe trip at age 14. In pursuit of the 50 miler merit badge, my first experience in a canoe was a multiday overnighter on the Upper Potomac. Something about waking up on the river on day 2 with several days of paddling and camping ahead...

About 10 years ago I put a center seat and footbar in one of my tandem canoes, followed shortly thereafter with a back band. This setup lent itself to using a double blade and I got myself a long double blade for canoe use. On really windy days on openwater I found using the double blade...

I found this instructional video inspiring. This gal would be welcome on any of my trips. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X1-9aNR6AIk

When I remember it, after cooking the evening dinner and while the stove is running I'll boil 24 oz of water and pour it in the thermos overnight. Next morning the coffee gets going very quickly and has a hot vessel to receive the morning brew. Picture of the cup insert, the red sleeve...

Normally my morning includes a cup, sometimes two, of coffee. While canoe tripping my practice is to drip brew 2 mugs (24 oz) of coffee into a preheated stainless steel thermos. Preferring trips without portages, taking along a thermos isn't a an issue for me. Being an early riser, the first...

Here's a niche boat for you Mike, and in your pricing sweet spot. https://lancaster.craigslist.org/boa/d/peach-bottom-16-canoe-with-paddles-and/6953633086.html

How about scribing your nothes on the stock and using a hand circular saw, fixed to the proper depth, to precisely cut the two outside edges. Then free hand cut all the stock in the middle. That will remove most of the wood for you. Touch up with a hand chisel. But that maybe too much of...

Those cheap 2.5 gallon rectangles of water typically have you poke a vent hole in the top to let the water flow freely. If you don't want a puncture in your water container you might want to test operating one if them without puncturing a vent hole

My sewing stitches look ugly - wavy lines, irregular lengths. But I'm not parading down the runway with my work, so looking shabby is just fine as long as it stays together.

My preference is to find a seamstress when I need some sewing done. However, every now and then I'm forced by circumstances to pick up a needle and thread and do it myself by hand. Many years ago I came upon the Speedy Stitcher and that has served me well when sewing through tough webbing and...

Most all of us will need to own light weight canoes if we are to keep paddling as we get increasingly older. Lifting and loading a canoe on your vehicle is the first order of business for a paddling trip. So accept that a light weight canoe is in your future. After looking unsuccessfully for...

Wonderful that the boat will have new adventures! Do you have a revolving fund where the proceeds will go for your next hull?

The "oar lock" they use is called a forcale. While in Venice we took a morning and visited the shop where the craftsmen carved these beautiful pieces of wood. If you visit the gallery you'll see quite a few variations of the forcale. https://www.forcole.com/eng-catalogue.html

Welcome back, hope your recovery leads to a paddle trip.

In preparing for a trip recently, I charged my 2 Lucis, collpased them and packed them away. When called to duty some weeks later (not quite sure the time span) they both were drained. I learned from that to charge them closer to needing their use.