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I use a stick. If I was tripping in hard or rocky soil I'd take a metal shovel but for where I've been in northern Canada it's easy enough with a stick. Alan

That is a hard lesson to learn and one I still struggle with. I tend to hold on because I remember the enjoyment it once gave and I keep thinking it will give it again. It's often such a relief to finally let go. Alan

I've gone back to square edge strips on my last couple builds. Cutting the bead and cove is perhaps one of my least favorite parts of the building process and I don't find it all that difficult to fit the individual strips with a tiny hand planer. It helps that I'm not super picky. Also, many of...

Pretty cool you got to see that. I wonder if the heron was perhaps sick or injured. I remember watching a bald eagle fly down and kill a gull many years ago. I suspect that gull was injured as the eagle picked it out of a group and overshot on it's first attack (which gave the gull a head...

I would agree with this. I nearly always put in extra layers somewhere, and it now seems to be the thing to do, but the vast majority of cedar strip canoes have been built with 1/4" strips and a single layer of 6 oz cloth and they work great. I haven't done the math but I'd guess that 1/4"...

I'm always in and out of hobbies. I enjoy birdwatching but haven't been serious about it for quite a few years. But this year I gave myself the goal of seeing as many species as I can in a roughly 6 mile radius around my house. I live in the middle of a complex of small lakes, wetlands, woods...

In the Wake https://books.google.com/books/about/In_the_Wake.html?id=mdwb0QEACAAJ 80 day unsupported trip in the barrens by husband and wife. Just started on it. So far, so good. I came across a thread on MYCCR many years ago from the author talking a little about the trip. At the time he...

A tent, sleeping bag, sleeping pad, the clothes on your back, a jacket for colder weather/rain, 1.5 pounds of dried food per day, and a pot to cook the food in are the essentials (plus some lightweight odds and ends). Anything more than that is what you bring to add comfort/pleasure. I'm not...

6 ounce e-glass would be the standard that's used. Alan

I think that's a great way to do it. Bite sized pieces rather than the seemingly insurmountable task of writing and editing the whole thing. I think it should be a separate thread. i can't wait to hear more about it! Alan

Stroke length is very important. It should be quite short. It took me a long time to get this down (not that mine is perfect by any means) because in my newbie days of not knowing much I'd gotten in the habit of taking long strokes. Power is applied at the catch and, I'd say by the time your...

Agreed. On my first trip I was a lilttle apprehensive not knowing any campsite locations. It led to paddling later than I wanted some nights and one night setting up in the bush because it was late and I couldn't find anything. By the end of the trip I was getting better at judging where to look...

I'm curious how you guys that usually use more maneuverable boats with single side correction feel about single sided correction strokes on a boat like the Advantage. Single side isn't my strong suit and while it sometimes feels very easy on a hard tracking hull I also think it sometimes feels...

Is there any other kind these days? FWIW, I didn't take the bait. :) Alan

I hear them referred to as load stops. https://yakima.com/products/loadstop?srsltid=AfmBOorwW4R03YHoCU6NrZsVmpzbKSod_rJuXB_BsUoJ8iFlzd8C_yIJ Alan

Go big or go home. 1: Get your own shipping container 2: Fill it with used canoes 3: Sell excess canoes once it lands in Europe 4: Retire with all the profit you made and paddle your new canoes. :) Alan

I've always found them intriguing but never tried them. Now that I'm experiencing some slight neck issues that are probably due to disc degeneration I don't think I'll be giving them a shot. Alan

For sure. Good points. Everyone will have different stroke mechanics and those mechanics will probably change based on type and length of paddle. While I think we all have a length and shape of paddle that just feels like it fits our style I think most of us can adapt to different sizes and...

No doubt he and his buddies think the same thing when they see us patching together worn out canoes. :) Alan

I tried it tonight. It was terribly uncomfortable. I might play around with it some more just to see if I can come up with a stroke that doesn't feel terrible but it was a much bigger difference than I expected. 6% decrease in boat speed at the same heart rate with a much higher perceived...