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Having never built nor woodworked anything, I don't comprehend much of the building techniques you guys discuss. But I like to look at the pictures . . . and . . . I can dabble at being a PIA about canoe terminology. What is being cut is not the chine, which is where the bottom of the canoe...

GIJane, welcome to the site. It usually works the other way. Serious interest is stimulated by pictures, a reasonable price, and a reasonable driving distance for buyers. There is likely to be interest for this model canoe in Maine. You will have more success here and in other places if you...

Gorgeous build, Bentpushrod! Truly a boat to treasure for a lifetime. I also like your vehicle. A full-size van conversion was my canoe and camping vehicle for 40 years, but my current one is ancient and busted.

Not my situation. This is my canoeing program in my ninth decade: I drive hundreds of miles to watery places in in the Adirondacks, New Jersey or northern New England. When I get there, I base camp out of a tent in commercial campgrounds or trailer parks, from which I do different day paddles...

Tom, I saw and saved those poles in my Amazon cart along with these AVOFOREST ones, which I tentatively like a bit better because the removable top bulb is bigger, the tops of the poles have additional eyes to tie guy lines, and they are rated for 10 pounds more force. They also seem to come...

Not necessarily. I wouldn't assume that all Yellowstones that shipped from, or were photographed by, Bell had the seat in identical positions. Your measurement shows the seat further back than @eckilson's 3 inch measurement, but that doesn't mean his seat was placed "properly" by the factory...

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Gadabyte, your picture measurements are of a composite Bell Wildfire. The OP, @John B, has a Royalex Bell Wildfire, later renamed the Bell Yellowstone, which is a different-shaped hull than the composite Wildfire. @eckilson measured his Bell Yellowstone. @stevet measured his composite Bell...

Well, the only thing "real" about measurements is that's where the factory put the seat. It doesn't mean the factory position is ideal for all paddlers, or all paddling postures (sitting, kneeling off the front edge, kneeling from further back on the seat), or all trim preferences. Three inches...

Neophyte, congrats on your newly outfitted Trillium and single blade paddle purchases. An experienced single blading canoeist in a 14.5' recreational hull will never be able to keep up with experienced double bladers in touring seakayaks. Don't. You will learn virtually nothing about riding...

John, welcome to site membership! Feel free to ask any questions and to post messages, photos and videos, and to start threads, in our many forums. Please read Welcome to CanoeTripping and Site Rules! Also, because canoeing is a geographic sport, please add your location to the Account Details...

Hulls have different shapes, different centers of buoyancy, different centers of lateral resistance, different size and shape paddlers, and hence different "ideal" solo seat locations. Forget inches. Identify your "ideal" solo seat location via empirical experimentation. That is, sit or kneel...

I have a CCS 12' x 10' silnylon tarp, which I've always managed to pitch without poles in treed areas when canoe camping. I use a ridgeline between trees and manage to stake out the sides to something. I own no tarp poles. Now, all my canoeing is done via car access base camping. There are...

Were his commercials on TV in Canada?

I don't know the answer to your specific question about varnish vs. epoxy, except to say I don't recall off-hand anyone varnishing the interior of a canoe but do recall many builder discussions about filling the interior weave with resin. My Mike Galt Lotus canoes have a football of gelcoat on...

Do you remember Ron Popeil and his late night infomercials for Ronco products? Having not fished since the 1950s, I'm wondering whether a pristine Ronco Pocket Fisherman would be a good emergency fishing doohickey for amateur anglers on a canoe trip. I can also get a Ronco Chop-O-Matic...

Thanks for that report and the photos, Bob. Quite and adventure!

Ben, welcome to site membership! Feel free to ask any questions and to post messages, photos and videos, and to start threads, in our many forums. Please read Welcome to CanoeTripping and Site Rules! Also, because canoeing is a geographic sport, please add your location to the Account Details...

"The river holds the longest stretch of free-flowing water west of the Rockies and is an Oregon Scenic Byway. One hundred forty-eight miles are designated Wild and Scenic and require a permit to float. The two most popular sections are the 70 miles between Clarno and Cottonwood and the 48-mile...

Congratulations on your Wildfire, Lennart, which I assume is hard to find in Europe. I like varnished wood thwarts and gunwales rather than oiled, but I wouldn't varnish the hull. If you want to "paint" out the hull scratches with something clear, a coat of resin would likely be more durable...