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Decked canoe for the Missouri, coastal, and Columbia where portages aren't much of a thing (but wind is). Open canoe for trips that will require portaging. They could be completely different hull designs or the same hull below the water line with the only change being the shear height and...

I had similar thoughts/needs/desires. These threads will cover my design and build process for two versions of the hull. Version 1 went 30 days and version 2 went 43 days. Version 1 was cedar strip. Version 2 was composite using a sacrificial wood form...

My go-to vegetarian foods are oatmeal, quinoa, lentils, peanut butter, bannock, and assorted snacks (nuts, raisins, etc), all of which I'd expect to find at most grocery stores, require no trip prep other than repackaging, and it all cooks fast and easily. My meals are simple and repetitive...

A few nights ago I dreamed Sadie and I were on another Canadian canoe trip. We had made camp on a trail and suddenly I saw a cow moose trotting down the trail right towards camp. I grabbed Sadie and we scuttled off into the tall grass and crouched down. As the moose passed by it stopped and...

I have no idea but @CaptainOllieWest might have a good idea of local canoe values. Alan

I have been since high school (46 now) but every year I can tell it's getting harder and harder to stay there. Alan

I'm a 32 and would love to have a pair! I'll PM for more details.

I've used tape to buildup thickness on forms and once, when the difference was too large for just tape, I cut some really thin strips on the bandsaw and laid them over the form and taped them down. Alan

I shot a lot of video on one trip. It was fun in its own way, and I still had a great trip, but it did make it a different experience. Not better, not worse, just different. Thinking about what to film, what would be the best angles, and narrating to the camera were definitely something that was...

Yes but the specs have changed. The long bed is only 6 feet. :) A few years ago a friend was looking for a new truck and he was frustrated that all he could find was 4 door short bed trucks. He said "If that's what I wanted I'd just buy a sedan and drive around with the trunk open." I thought...

Are you guys physically holding Arthur still for the photo? A lot of hands on that kid. Alan

That's me 100%. I tend to use oil because it's quick and easy to maintain but then I don't maintain it anyway. In spite of this I still use oil when I install wood gunwales because application is so easy, because I still lie to myself about performing regular maintenance, and because my boats...

Days and weeks alone with your own thoughts is definitely a different experience to what most of us experience in our daily lives. On my multi-week solo trips I'd often find my mind picking a problem and working it over for 2-3 days until it was either resolved or deemed unsolvable. Then my mind...

From the photos it looks like quite a bit of cloth is hanging over the edge. That will cause the cloth to pull away from the hull near the shear. After the initial quick wetout I trim this back so there is less than an inch of cloth above the hull. Basically you want whatever excess cloth is...

Some cattle have a tendency to lick people. They will search people out in the pen whenever they get a chance and it's very disgusting and annoying. As a deterrent farmers would often tie the knot shown above around the cow's tongue and tie it off to a post. After 6 hours of not being to pull...

That's pretty sharp.

I'd try flipping it upside down and banging on the bottom of the hull to see if the ice would break loose. The seats and thwarts would keep the ice from falling out but hopefully it will break into chunks of manageable size. Alan

I'm not quite sure if you can glean any applicable info from this or if it even applies but the springer spaniel I used to have would do that in the boat when out fishing. He was constantly restless and would whine. Absolutely drove me nuts. I'd never had a dog that didn't like being in the boat...

I've been fortunate with the two dogs I've had since I took up canoeing. Neither required any special training. Just get in the canoe and go. The first was a springer spaniel that was easy going and liked the water. I still have a funny memory of him jumping into my Bell Magic for the first...

I just looked up the 10 coldest winters in iowa and only 1 of them was set since 2000. But none of them were set in the 40's, 50's, or 60's. Alan