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I think you'll notice quite a difference between the Caribou and the Kite. The Caribou is a big, generous hull. The Kite, which is a slightly modified version of the Osprey, will seem a fair bit smaller, even though I would classify it as a good size solo. I started out in an Osprey, put many...

When I was bicycle racing, I had cleated bike shoes that locked onto the peddles. I also had spandex shorts and shaved my legs. All of this was of course because in all fields, racers are always at the cutting edge of what equipment, techniques and body mechanics make them go the fastest. When...

There was a fella on Myccr about 20 years ago, think his name was Richard Culpepper, apparently a lawyer in Thunder Bay. Anyway, he was a very serious canoeist, and he also took his cat on most trips. If my memory is right, he posted a picture of himself and his cat in a Chestnut Pal, running a...

Glad it worked out! Not to be that guy, but is there a trip report, lol.

In 30 years of taking high school kids on trips, I have experienced a particular situation several times. The well to do parents want to outfit their kids with top notch gear, so a trip to the canoe store was in order. I'm not sure who the salesperson was, but the kids invariably ended up with...

Just wondering, is an all cedar build a no-no, would it make everything to squirrely?

Resurrected this thread so I don't derail the other one. Found this video, that looks like a pretty good tripper to me, 15' 1" long, 29 " inches across.

I'm thinking I might like to try one of these, although I have no idea how to start. Could you use an existing set of stripper forms to create the frame?

Looks great!

This is in Manitoba, not entirely sure where, thinks it's on a reserve, at one point I hear a fella call one of the racers a "big weenuk", which is pretty funny in Anishnabe. Hope the link works https://www.facebook.com/share/v/16xL3jCEtf/

Robin, he's still got a little bit of work left to do to catch up to you in the breakfast department.

Just a little history from a former Manitoban. The Flin Flon Trout Festival was actually one of the major canoe races in Canada at the time. There was a circuit, and many professional canoe racers rotated through them all summer long. Beardmore, a small town 80 K from me also staged one of...

On a canoe tripping site, a post like this can stir some controversy. I'm not a big AI guy, but I asked Chat Gpt to define canoe tripping. Canoe tripping is the practice of traveling over waterways (and sometimes portaging over land) by canoe, usually for recreation, exploration, or adventure...

If you guys haven't watched this yet, I urge you to do so. It is probably my favourite documentary, shot with a Cree group of families in the early 70's. https://www.nfb.ca/film/cree_hunters/ If you just want to see the relevant canoe parts, they are at 11:53 and 16:45. These are people who...

If it's bonds, it should shatter pretty easily with the tap of a hammer. If it's thickened epoxy, not so much. I would clean it up best as possible, then use thickened epoxy to level everything out, sand it and patch it outside and probably inside.

Looking forward to this!

Years ago, Odyssey fed me some really scorching Bannock. Some of you have heard of it before. I believe I may have retired a pair of gitch later that night. I was very surprised today to receive a wonderful present in the mail from Odyssey! He knew I didn't have proper tripping glitch, so he...

Well, there you go, learn something new every day, thanks for that. I guess I just got caught up in the romance of fighting a bear with a knife, even though my prefered weapon of choice would be a chainsaw.

I've even got a K-Bar, now that's a bear sticker! As Samsam explained the double tang on the buck prevented his bloody, slippery hands from sliding down onto the blade and cutting himself. I don't have bearanoia, but the full tang knife has appealed to me ever since I read that account.

When I was introduced to whitewater paddling, I was taught by Canadian trained ORCA instructors. The main bow strokes were always draws and crossbows. They mentioned the bow pry, which they said was an American thing, and that it was the preferred stroke south of the border, apparently because...