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With gear for a well supplied day trip secured to the boat and the canoe swamped, it floated on its side high enough that I think it would avoid a pin in most cases. It was pretty easy to roll it on over to empty, once I got to calm water :)

30" bags seem to be plenty for the Wildfire. They were enough for the Coho when empty too (tested more than once ;) ).

One more thing about Palm bags. On my oldest pair, the dump valves are wearing out. I have had to stop using them and seal them shut so they don't leak (much). I've been successful in getting a perfect seal in one, but not the other. That won't be a problem with those Fall Lines.

I had forgotten about Fall Line. I guess I dismissed them as high priced overkill for my needs - only because I have the Mohawk bags in my WW canoe. I would definitely choose those for class 3 use. The Palm bags are sometimes available on Amazon. I like them better than Harmony and NRS because...

Yep.

If I'm in anything more than easy class 1 in a lightweight composite, I'll be bagged. I'll do easy class 2 in royalex without bags.... sometimes. The Millbrook is always bagged because (like all Millbrooks AFAIK) it has no built in flotation. Bigger class 2 and up, I always have bags. Bags...

I have a bunch of those. Love 'em for skis. I'm sold on my Velcro straps for the pole.

Second layer applied. There's no hiding the patch, so I didn't put any effort into pretty. Just got good wet out and squeegeed the excess as well as I could without tearing up the edges. It'll do. That light line on the right was the edge of the fabric that I guess I should have trimmed off...

I'm using two strips of 1.5" wide and Velcro. One goes over the middle of the other and snug around the thwart. The other goes around the pole and crosses over itself at an angle and overlaps so I can grab the loose end quickly and rip. I used to use those bungee balls, but this is quicker and...

The first layer went well. I managed to get it squeegeed and bubble free before the resin kicked - but at 80° in the shop, there was little time to spare. Now I have to say something good about Wenonah's vintage '95 build. The gelcoat is faded and has countless scratches all over. But I have...

Looking things over before mixing epoxy, I see another minor crack opposite from the one that was obvious. I'll bet they happened at the same time. I'm just going to give this one a single layer.

Yeah, wrinkles. I'm seeing that too. I'm pretty sure these are historical artifacts, not indicative of current or recent production.

Too hot to do anything big outside, so I might as well get started. Cleaned the area thoroughly with acetone. Did some measuring and made a template with thin card stock. I'm using 4 oz E glass. Cut out one layer, reduced the template size, then cut out another layer. The larger layer will...

I bought it new, but there was a bit of luck involved. Unexpected windfall cash that wasn't needed for anything else. Also, IIRC, it was the first canoe that Kaz applied this honeycomb material (that I can't remember what he called it) in the floor for stiffening. That has proven to be very...

I hope you can keep that balance issue at bay, Glenn. Why two? Good question. Because it's not unusual for a pole to get stuck. If it's stuck good and you don't let it go, it'll jerk you out of the boat (maybe whacking you in the head on the way). The second pole is for getting back into...

A little over a couple years ago, I had some serious medical issues that came on rather suddenly and left me weak and unbalanced. But this isn't about that. I'm okay now. I got back into paddling later in that year - enough to participate in a BWCA trip - but I didn't stand with a pole for more...

On my plastic gripped Zavs, first I used a pipe cutter to cut the shaft 1.5" below the top. That got me under the grip interface. Then I used the Dremel with abrasive disc to cut two lengthwise slots in the shaft section on the grip. After that, it didn't take much heat for the two pieces to...

Pretty much my life experience, as well.

I use the large Action Packers for general gear storage. I write the category of contents on the lid with a sharpie. I keep a small one in the truck with emergency gear, and a large one with cold weather gear in winter. I wouldn't trust one to keep its lid on in a capsize, and it's definitely...

Oooh! Two...yes, two Monarchs! Nice fleet there. I'll bet she's gonna like that Yellowstone.