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With a loaded canoe? The time it takes is inversely proportional to your willingness to get wet. ;)

If it makes y'all feel any better, this has been the first summer in years that we've had very little smoke in Idaho. That's been my experience summer through fall for a bunch of years running, and the majority of the last twenty years or so. Finally, after last summer, I swore I would retreat...

That makes sense to me. As long as the rule is reasonably applied as @Tryin' has experienced. It would be my luck to have to deal with "that one guy" though. :D

I've had a bat chasing my fly. Snagging might be the result of how bats scoop up bugs the way I've seen in slow-mo video, and the fly's unnatural movement.

The issue I see isn't weight, it's bulk. For instance, this container says it contains 1.4 kg, but it measures out to about 27 liters. If they count it as dried products, no problem. But if they count it as mixed, maybe not? It's not abundantly clear to me.

I wonder if freeze dried meals count as dried products or multi-ingredient foods.

Yes! The measurements are the same. Thanks!

Thanks! Don't know how I missed those.

I like these a lot. They came on the Solo 14 that I bought used years ago. I could just make them, but it would be nice if I didn't have to. I don't see them anywhere.

I keep hoping I can do that.

I will be especially interested in how you do the anchor setup. I've been considering the same for one of my solo canoes that I do most of my fishing in.

+1 on not removing the vinyl. I've never had a problem with epoxy or paint sticking to the vinyl skin. How bad are the gunwales? Unless they're actually broken or so bent that they change the shape of the hull below the top of the chines, I would just leave them be and paddle it.

Welcome, ROB! First thing I want to say is - make no apologies for your canoe. Up until a few years ago, I would have assumed that the Discovery 119 is a very limiting hull. But then I follwed a guy who was in one going down a stretch of class 2+ (some say 3) here. And yeah, he was kneeling with...

Now that I think more on it with that in mind, if I was selling solo recreational canoes and sponsoring that race, I would probably at least discourage the use of single blades just to make sure everyone has a good time. Nothing wrong with that. Makes sense to me now.

I've mentioned this before. The long blade does a pretty good imitation of a sailboat keel when paddling broadside to the wind. The most efficient deep keels are long and narrow, like a sailplane wing. My gut tells me (having compared but not measured scientifically) that this carries over to...

I could one-up your cynicism and ask if any paddle makers are sponsoring these races. :D

My grandson asked just the other day, "how many paddles do you have, Papa?" " Not as many as I'd like." :) He hasn't seen all the canoes yet. :D

I often bring an ottertail and a pole or two in the tandem. Anywhere I can't use the big paddle without harming it, I just pole.

The 4 door cab on my truck is so long, there's no practical way to use hood loops with any of my canoes - none of them being over 17' long. The bars mounted to the cap are spaced pretty far apart and anchored well, but I wanted some kind of failsafe. So I mounted a third bar to the cab. Work's...

Now let's do beaver vs otter. :D I gave away my beavertail after trying the modified ottertail.