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I'm going to try this one - $96 on close out. https://www.nrs.com/nrs-oso-pfd/pbdj Little longer in the torso, full back (except for the vents), two pockets in the front. Need a pocket for my camera, and it is nice to have one for sunglasses. Not sure where to put the whistle, but we'll see.

When I started out a bought a high-float. I figured if 16 lbs was good, 22 lbs must be better - not so much. It was bulky and uncomfortable to paddle. It is still in my basement in like new condition. Some of the high float models now are probably more comfortable than the one I bought 20-years...

Yup - you can paddle whitewater in any boat (queue that great section of Waterwalker and check out all those old ribbed style PFD's and CCM hockey helmets), but to me a whitewater boat is short, rockered, with a pedestal and bulkhead or thigh/knee straps and float bags. You can add the Northstar...

The ones I have are a lot skimpier than that. Here they are showing lots of wear. I also have a newer version with a pocket and side adjustments in addition to the belt. I'd wear that one if they still made it. Unfortunately, I picked this one up when I bought a boat and it doesn't fit me...

Thanks to Glenn, and all the administrators who have kept this place going over the years. It is one of a kind and a great community. I started paddling around 2005. At that time P-net had a good contingent of open boaters. I remember posting on Boatertalk (thick skin required), CBoats and...

Like these... I still have them, but I never wear them. The problem is if you swim the PFD doesn't stay in place - it rides up making it difficult to swim. I do have one that has a strap that runs down between the legs to keep the PFD in place. The new ones with multiple adjustment points...

My wife can track my iPhone. I don't bring it with me on the water, but she can at least tell where my car is.

The Connecticut River Paddlers Trail website is great resource. There is an interactive map, a listing of campsites, access points and portages and even some recommended trips. I have done from Canaan down to White River Junction, and the only rocks/quickwater/rapids I remember were between...

The upper Connecticut River is great - nice campsites, easy paddling, perfect of a for putting together a couple of nights. We've done the sections from Canaan, VT to Blooomfield, VT; Bloomfield, VT to Lunenburg, VT; day trips on the reservoirs from Lunenburg, VT to Woodville, NH; Woodsville, NH...

I've never seen one of these pans, but sweeper has quite a collection, so they must be around here. We tend to use the "Big Daddy" style pans. They are also steel, so they heat up and cool down fast. We used one this past weekend for breakfast - bacon, home fries and egg-in-a-hole. Other...

I'm the opposite - most of my trips are day trips. Finding days is easy, but its been tough to take weeks at a time. Hopefully that will change this year. I like trolling motors - especially on lakes traveling into the wind. I'm not proud.

You should go for it - class II/easy III - lot of fun. Limiting factor for most is the ability to kneel. Last year I overdid it early in the spring and got a bad case of bursitis in my knee. It was so bad that I thought I was done kneeling in a canoe and bought a sea kayak. Fortunately it...

We get out there on occasion - Deerfield, Westfield, Housatonic, Shepaug. I'm sure there are others that you know. We should definitely try to get together.

2024 was a pretty good paddling year of me – 54 trips with a good split between flatwater (19), whitewater (15) and sea kayak (18). What I didn’t get to do much of was camping – only 2 overnight trips. For 2025, I want to keep doing what I’m doing, but also get out on a couple of longer camping...

I don't see mention of the Wildfire or Yellowstone Solo (RX and composite). Aren't those DY boats, or are they not considered trippers? Never mind - I see the answer. This is old - not sure how I stumbled on it this morning.

There is a great website for finding put-ins in RI - Rhode Island Blueways. You can see the interactive map here. Click on what you want to see - water trails, hand carry launches and boat ramps, and it will give show you boat launches all over the state. https://exploreri.org/mapper3.php I...

Rivers around here are usually open year-round - except the still water above the dams. We can usually get out all winter. Very lucky to have so many like minded paddlers around here - and the group is growing. We had a couple of young guys on this trip that are very good paddlers and...

Not exactly sure where to put this, but it was winter and we were camping, so I’ll put it here. Last year I got together with some other members of our local club (RICKA) to do a year-end, overnight camping trip the last weekend in December. We had five campers on that trip and had a great...

I have a 1989 Mohawk Whitewater 16 - an earlier version of the Intrepid. It is an absolute battle tank, and weighs just about that much. Flat bottom, fun to paddle tandem, good for poling, but I never paddled it solo, until this weekend... We did an overnight trip on a local river, and I had...

There is not HIN. It's a long story, but it is not stolen - trust me. It was purchased around 2000.