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My question was aimed at very lightweight (15-25 lb.), composite "pack canoes" from manufacturers such as Hormbeck, Slipstream, Placid, Savage River, Swift, Northstar and Wenonah. These pack canoes typically have no central thwart at all because that's where the seat is, and hence no...

Marc Ornstein gives an exhaustive list of why. https://freestylecanoeing.com/canoes-are-better-than-kayaks/ I'd only make a slight geographic codicil to this penultimate sentence: "Largely, inland paddlers used canoes of various forms because of their flexibility and adaptability while coastal...

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Samb, ribs sound like a potentially better solution than vertical supports descending from two extra thwarts. Did you have to steam or soak the ash rib before insertion to make it more bendable?

I don't know much about snakes, but the infallible interweb tells me that most pit vipers, including northern copperheads, have keeled scales. https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/northern-copperhead I also read that copperheads have "Hershey Kiss" or hourglass-shaped bands on their bodies. I...

A portage thwart can't be permanently installed because it would interfere with the central seat. Many pack canoes have thin or no inwales, so there is nothing or nothing much for a clamp-on portage yoke to clamp onto. So, how do you pack canoeists carry your canoes? With some sort of...

No float tanks.

Erik, is that TommyC1 in the back row?

That's a reasonable thought. I'd have to attach a plywood floor across the cross bars. Is that woodwork? I don't do woodwork.

Patrick, that's an interesting piece of equipment and surely a valued family heirloom. Pictured on nice canoe seats. Is that real or artificial cane? I was a Camel guy. Know nothing about cigars or their cases. Is it bigger than a Steve Allen bread box? (What's My Line - 1953)

I've thought about the disposal issue for many years now. Most of my boats are old, or outdated whitewater models, and many need wood work. Hence, many have very little market value. Trying to advertise and sell all of them is not worth the hassle to me. I have no family that is interested in...

The preservatives may have helped kill all the black flies and mosquitoes that crawled all over that everlasting chicken carcass. Did recped eat the dead bugs?

I have investigated hitches for my only functioning vehicle, a 2013 Mercedes E350 sedan. I'd only consider a Stealth Hitch, which hides away when not being used, but the price of that hitch plus professional installation is far too much for me. I'd rather put the money toward a lightweight...

Yes, a lightweight trailer combined with portage wheels can prolong the use of a wood/canvas canoe that has become unliftable. My problem is the 29-year-old blue thing in this picture, which is now too costly to repair or replace. I have no towing vehicle. What to do now this particular canoe?

In my very limited experience, strippers are too heavy to hoist, paddle or pole. No wood. No stern seats. No asymmetry. No decks. No Magic.

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Some tangents for those who may not know: Marc Ornstein is a USCA Freestyle instructor trainer, a USCA river canoe instructor, a former national interpretive freestyle champion, as well as a whitewater paddler. He has custom made wood paddles for lake and river canoeing for many years under the...

Five hours out on the Kubota tractor got the snow cleared from my parking slab and 600' upsloping driveway, although once when my wheels slipped I damaged the wheel well of my non-functional canoe van. It was very cold but my January paddling clothing helped a lot: Medium weight Merino thermal...

One of those poll choices is correct, but I won't say which. I'm not revealing what the canoe is yet, but you all can guess if you want. I'm getting yet another canoe essentially because of one short sentence uttered by a member of this site. That member may suspect who he or she is, so he...