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Thanks Mason. The Fit My Car interface has 3 options for Astros however they don't have anything for a van without anything already up there. I did a bit more image searching and found a couple options of different brands that look promising and I may just need to get on the phone with some of...

Found an Astro in the parking lot with rack however it mounts inside of the goofy plastic molding. Darn again as my van has no pre-drilled anything on the roof. Still need to look into the aftermarket gutters. Thanks

Thank you for the reinforcement on the OEM rack idea Alan. I have seen the assembly drawings on these and more parts than I would've guessed but agreed not complicated.The van has plastic molding/trim strips glued into a channel running down both the left and right sides shown in photo...

Time to poll the experts as I am striking out with my far-too-many months worth of internet searching. The stock rack for a 1997 Astro (GMC Safari) is discontinued so not available through dealerships. I have asked a number of them. The only one currently on ebay is for an earlier model which...

Agreed on the weighing difficulties but I have been to Wisconsin a time or two and have seen individuals in bars sporting Sheboygan Goiters that must've been darn close to a 16ft cantilever. I bet the scale lies to them too. Great point on the shallow V adding efficiencies. In just envisioning...

CORRECTION: In thinking through the details of our last trip it occured to me that on the longer portages (400M & up) I was not carrying the 20 lb day pack along with the canoe. Generally my son would carry that with the food pack and then we did a return trip for the main gear pack. For...

Contemplated buying a different scale but didn't want to run into town, nor spend the money. Instead got the bathroom scale out again and weighed myself and then me with shouldered canoe and did the math. Figured this was good as anything even if the scale is off 5 lbs being the weight...

Thanks Mike for the input and I agree many details point to this being a glass boat. Last week I did contact Confluence/MR tech support for PDFs of MR catalogs from '95 - 2000 as I already had the '94. Also asked him for any literature on KE or Airex but I received nothing on these. KE boats are...

Finally back to this project and rereading prior discussion but more questions as the material lay-up confuses me. The cboats discussion speaks of kevlar airex boats having a raised football-shape on the floor which this does...sort of. See photo. Note the raised section does not follow the...

In the days before SmartWool; Somewhere deep inside the belly of Woodland Caribou Provincial Park (seriously)... Following yet another hardly satisfying meal of sodium enriched dirty rice & fish skin, our chief paddle porteur took a well-earned break to reflect upon what in heaven's name made...

Let the caption contest begin! In the days before SmartWool; somewhere deep inside the belly of Woodland Caribou Provincial Park... Following yet another hardly satisfying meal of sodium enriched dirty rice & fish skin, our chief paddle porteur took a well-earned break to reflect upon what in...

Thanks to you all that have shared & contributed to the humor as this individual openly exposed himself to ridicule. Life is too short to cover up our mistakes. This just keeps getting better! Stay tuned for the next one where we can anonymously take jabs at another member of my canoe troupe...

Thank you for your support yellowcanoe as I was having a bit of poster's remorse. Just a bit...well...come to think of it...maybe none at all.

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Whoops...Sorry everyone as I thought I was in the "Photo of The Day" section. Will try to figure out how to move this or delete and re-post.

If a butterfly flaps its wings on the other side of the globe... Will your Kevlar Ultralight leave port and float across the flippin lake???

My son contemplating his fate on his first canoe camping trip. In all honesty I was half convinced we were going to be airlifted out as we witnessed a number of float planes and choppers overhead. What started as a small bit of smoke upon entering Russell lake quickly swelled into more than what...

Well, it is done enough for now. Planned to take it outside for some glamor shots but this weekend has been absurdly hot and humid. Should not be in the 90's this time of the year in MN however it didn't help that I had my kiln running in the workshop yesterday which went past 2,000F. With that...

FINISHING: Looked high & low for exterior Watco in the area checking all the big-box stores, local hardware store, boat repair shop, & paint supply however no luck without special ordering a gallon or more. Did purchase a pint of Watco Danish Oil in Dark Walnut as in reading the MR 1994...

I'll look for into some of the most recent dimension questions later this week and get back to every one. Thanks.