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Never visited Chub, Trout IMHO is a shallow mud hole. I have seen folks camping there, but never spoke with them to field their opinions. Good Luck has quite a few sites, but also easy access and some rowdy crowds on occasion

From Good Luck Lake you can do a very short bushwhack with your canoe and carry to Spectacle Lake. I can just about guarantee you’ll be the only boat on the water… At the far end of Spectacle, the outlet of Dexter Lake (or is it Dry Lake) cascades directly into the lake. Even if you just day...

Well, you knew this might happen… Many hull designs for many paddlers/types of usage. Don’t throw it out just yet, it may suit other waters much better. You might want to build a permanently padded carry thwart, that could fit to this and other hulls. I would expect it’s still a cool head trip...

Probably 20 years ago I bought a cheap external frame pack at a lawn sale, with the intention to turn it into a canoe carry pack. I removed the upper aluminum tubing hoop, and substituted a couple “Y” shaped yokes that would hold my thwart. It worked well and I used it for the few years before I...

Oops, pics are in reverse order, you get the idea...

Thwarts, both short and long were also full composite. I attached them with Cabosil thickened epoxy, and reinforced the joints with some carbon sleeving slipped into place before epoxying the thwarts into place. The carbon sleeving was easy to blend into the gunnels, and has an intriguing look...

I’ve built a couple boats with fully composite gunnels (gunwales) I used H80 Divinycell, with a slot cut on the underside to fit over the sheer. I epoxied them in place with Cabosil thickened epoxy, applied with a corner snipped ziplock bag into the slot. Once the foam was firmly in place, I...

1981, Boreas River (ADK) I was in prime physical condition, having wrestled, boxed, and been a competitive runner, solid swimming skills. I was in a AppleLine kayak, and had a reliable roll. Don’t ask me how, but I dislocated my right shoulder. Regardless of how fit I was, how close the shore...

I’ve been watching intently, you have learned well, Grasshopper. Time to get it wet and evaluate potential changes for the next one (or two or three) It is easy on the eyes for sure, stay away from others on your trip or you’ll end up answering hundreds of questions! Nice job man!

I’ve had the same Sven saw for over 25 years, used only for wilderness trips. It still works as good as ever. MDB and I bought a folding saw for my son, some wood handled unit from Michigan?? It vastly outperforms my Sven I never bother with a hatchet, really no need for my ADK trips

Agreed Maybe WildDirt would like to submit some meaningful posts rather than a blatant grab for more clicks…

There's a section of Acadia National Park that's no longer maintained...a sea cave, IIRC. A very cool experience, lemme check my photos and old maps. OK, found it! Anemone Caves, easy to get to, very short walk then scale down to sea level. Oh, gotta go at low tide.

FWIW, I built a DY Special as a cedar stripper, using plans given to me by DY himself, including some shear line mode to make it easier to build. Yes, it was fast. Yes, it was beautiful. BTW, it was 32 lbs. DY mentioned that he designed the Shockwave (the younger brother of his DY Special) with...

I have used a Sawyer Squeeze filter for quite a few years. I use two one liter soda bottles, one for raw unfiltered water, the other for clean filtered water. I use a colored bottle for raw water and a clear bottle for the filtered water, so not to confuse the two. In the first few years, I was...

Fred, You really should test drive my Kite. I’m not that far from you, and the design is versatile and forgiving, yet rewarding on an escalating scale as your technique evolves. No pressure here, but I think you would enjoy such a design. I just finished helping a buddy build a stripped Kite, he...

You gotta be happy with the way it looks, very nice so far. I wouldn’t worry about a chemical bond for epoxied on gunnels, seat supports or anything else like that. I’ve epoxied components on hulls that were finished 10 years prior, never had availed epoxy joint. Most epoxied have around 5,000...

Sorry, I used my iphone before...kinda limited. I built this Kite in 2014, cedar strips, 1-1/2 layers of 4 oz E-glass on the outside, single layer of 4 oz E-glass on the inside. Dynel wrapped stems, fully sealed bulkheads and decks, carbon fiber over foam gunnels, thwarts, seat pedestals. Red...

Fred, I have a strip built Kite that you may want to test paddle. It's a comfortable, versatile hull, 39 lbs. I rarely use it since I built a lighter carbon copy of it. I'm in the capital district, NY, about 30 minutes from the MA border...

Yes, a cedar strip built canoe is quite easy to accomplish, even if you’ve never built anything similar. Just a series of small steps that add up in a big way. Specialized tools not required, but may make the effort quicker and easier. Costs are minimal compared to buying even a used boat, never...

6 pitch skip tooth raker, has a kerf of .040 Cuts as fast as you can feed it