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Thank you all. I’ve ordered the 78 inch Yakima bars from - of all places - Target. You can get them at REI and many other stores, but none could deliver within a week. Now, where can I get, or more important, what do you call the stabilizer that fits on either side of the canoe gunwale when it...

I’m currently driving back to Florida from Quebec with my Colden Dragonfly on a Yakima rack. It is 29 inches wide, the boat not the rack. In NC I plan to pick up a royalex MR Explorer which google says is 35 inches wide. Neither Yakima nor etrailer.com will sell me the bars long enough to...

Gorgeous color on a gorgeous boat.

I bought some acetone and the goo gone stuff. I was going to try the acetone first, but I set it down somewhere and 10 minutes later could not find it. The goo gone stuff worked very well, but you do have to wash it off with hot, soapy water, per the instructions. Thank you again, folks, for...

Please do those write ups. I practiced whitewater skills on the New River. I don’t remember exactly where but there was a class II ledge we were practicing on over and over. It was the first time I watched a solo paddler going upstream in the rapids, eddy by eddy.

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With the Colden Dragonfly I am kneeling all the time and at first I thought this would be difficult. Au contraire, I can kneel for hours paddling that canoe. For some reason it "fits" me. I wear socks or neoprene booties and my feet are extended flat out toward the stern. This is not...

I started out like that many decades ago, but it did not take all that long in real wilderness situations to let that go. If I have been coddling my paddles for hours through rapidly alternating deep and shallow waters, I give up and push off with my paddle. I go faster with less effort. I...

I'm pretty sure it is gelcoat. I just don't know the right words for everything. Thank you, all. I'm going into the city today to try to find this stuff.

I’m finally repairing the Colden Dragonfly, previously taped up with extra-strength duct tape. I’m having trouble getting all the tape residue removed. I have already washed with soap and water. I have used fresh tape which lifted off a lot of the residue. Rubbing alcohol did not work. I’m...

I’ve used all the various methods identified in this thread ay one time or another depending on the situation. Any of them would be good to try and start with. The best advice I ever got was to keep your head inside the boat until you have your balance outside the boat and the converse. All...

Good point. When I was paddling tandem I could easily get out of my thigh straps. With the narrower solo, I wear only neoprene socks and my feet are small. I can slip out easily. But I do not paddle anything like what you’re showing there.

So you don't kneel and use thigh straps in that kind of water? Not critical. Just curious.

Thank you, recped. I was starting to worry. When I am out tripping for 3-4 weeks, there is no place in my canoe for float bags. All space is taken up with gear and food. All are in dry bags. I am pretty compulsive about making sure dry bags are sealed tightly.

I bought an advantage some years ago and sold it soon after. It was difficult to turn. Even worse, if the wind is coming broadside to the canoe, it immediately pushes the canoe in the direction of the wind. I was unable to control the boat. I was told by the man I bought it from that it is...

My own son I took canoeing from when he was an infant. He refused the canoe trips and when he finally became an adult he told me he hated camping. :cry: Later on I raised a foster girl who took to the water like a fish. She loved every minute. She had her own life jacket, her own pack, her own...

This is the tent I used on the Cree River and will be going with me to the Megiscane. It isn’t exactly on a canoe trip. It is set up nearby and there is a pond with two canoes in it. It was a $750 tent on sale for $350. Its official weight is 5 lb 3 oz. This is about as low a weight I could find...

It would be quite disconcerting to have one of those hanging out near one’s house. Here is a time lapse to get some idea of the movement. 30 sec iceberg

If I were unsure of plans and rivers, I’d probably take my Mohawk solo 13’ in Royalex. It is sturdy and handles good enough in most situations. It’s banged up enough that no one would steal it.

Death toll 111 so far. 170 still missing. No survivors have been found since last Friday. If one looks at the expense of this recovery phase, I suspect it would pay for those warning sirens many times over. Cellular coverage and internet and radio are spotty in this area, apparently.