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"Tough enough" is a spectrum, in my experience. For some, a 20lb carbon hull is fine; always wet footing, always deep water. For others, tri-link poly is barely adequate. Throwing the hull off the truck, storing out in the sun, dragging across parking lots.... I haven't needed anything tougher...

Here are a couple, I will have to get some better ones next time I drag her out. Ive gone back and forth with the front seat. Its back about 8" from original because of how i pulled in the gunnels. I've used a thwart there as well. Thwart looks cleaner, but this way I can still take someone...

Good morning, all! I have an Encounter that has come up for sale near me. I am familiar with the hull specifications and design parameters, but have never been able to actually paddle one. I had one reserved for Sylvania, but the outfitter convinced me to take a Basswood solo instead. I am...

Your appetite will tell you what you want, your performance will tell you what you need. Our bodies are pretty darn good at handling poor choices, from broken bones to smoking to processed food to coal dust. Chronic overconsumption is usually the main driver behind "problem" foods. Enjoy it...

Thats a crazy macro shot! You can fill that with a couple drops of epoxy.

@Glenn MacGrady I am an Amok Draumr user and exclusively side sleep. My son uses a Superior Gear gathered end and sleeps 50/50 with proper diagonal lay. There are hammock hangs around, here's the biggest: https://www.hangcon.com/event-details/hangcon-2026-2

I can't sleep with heavy bugs, so not an option in summer for me. I've done local fall overnights, but never a full trip. Maybe with a mosquito net setup.

I think its just green and yellow shadowing. Site logo:

My wife was born and raised in that area and now that I canoe camp, I have thought about going back to see things from water level. Thanks for the trip report!

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Amazing trip report, thank you for taking the time. And thank you for adding the part about the trip out.

Easy for me to say, because it isn't my canoe, but that doesn't look particularly problematic. If you really wanted to, you could cut a fillet into the crack and fill it with gel coat or thick epoxy.

Thanks for sharing, Glenn. Thats a place I've never heard of.

You are, of course, correct. Shock value statements aside, this was something I asked about at Canoecopia and was told that "there is no way these pods are coming off". I assumed they were at least using a full contact patch of epoxy or vinylester. Appears not.

If they are using RTV to anchor the seats and drywall poppets (equivalent) to anchor the yokes, my opinion of Swift just took a serious hit. I have a Shearwater and it is fantastic. But, it has standard-hung seating on aluminum gunwales and a clamp-on yoke system.

Reversed course this morning and hit a takeout to the south. Looks like they found a shuttle of some kind and are now at the train station in Senneterre. Good effort team. That was undoubtedly quite an exercise in mental toughness. Way to go.

Yup, portage was bad. 🫠

Pretty good stretch today. Hitting camp at 21:30... Looks like they are in the bush tonight.

Pretty good progress today. Looks like at least one tough portage. Definitely a beach for the night, at which they did not arrive until after 8p EST.

It was, indeed, ice. They've been battened in all day today as well. "Stymied by ice once again, the wind has blow what hasn't melted into the north end of the next lake. Back at the dam trying to stay warm in our tent shelter."