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Great. Nice fleet. We have members in the South Carolina coastlands and other regions, and I've always loved paddling there in such places as Sparkleberry Swamp, the Edisto River, the Four Hole Swamp, and Amelia Island. Keep us informed of your paddling ventures.

I have no idea which of those canoes I'd enjoy paddling the most, but I do know which one is the most psychedelic eye candy.

I'm very pleased that this site and its members can help promote canoe addiction. I've enjoyed a lifetime of dabbling in various canoe (and kayaking) disciplines. Never an expert in any, but pretty darn good in several during my salad days, which hopefully can continue somewhat in my old-age...

I know we have members in Colorado, Utah and Idaho, but I don't specifically recall if they are near those rivers. Good luck recruiting some paddling companions, @bxh360.

Since this poll started in 2023, I've bought two more open canoes—which, by far, have been my two most expensive open canoes—and hence changed my vote to 20-25. I sold my outrigger canoe to @Pseudonym during this period, too.

https://www.canoetripping.net/threads/gators-and-kids.127942/page-2#post-174456

I should add that I asked the designer of the Savage River Illusion and June Bug, @Marc Ornstein, about the necessity of a rear thwart and he agreed with our reasoning. Here he is in the Pine Barrens last month with his left hand on his Illusion with my Illusion to his right. On the extreme...

I had my new Savage River Illusion made without a rear thwart for the same reasons: saves some weight and not necessary for rigidity on such a short (13'-6") hull. The seat is screwed to a wood cleat below the sheer line. The cleat is both epoxied to hull and screwed into wood blocks that are...

Chris, 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...

Looks good, Steve. Glad you met all your deadlines to get to WPASCR. I guess I never noticed and maybe you've addressed this somewhere in the thread, but why no rear thwart? The seat provides enough lateral strength for the stern half?

Thanks for the links, Benson. Here's an aerial photo taken above Locke's Mills (now Locke Mills). North Pond is in the upper left, with Bryant Pond four or five miles further away on Route 26, over yonder ridge. South Pond is in the upper right. The water between Route 26 and the railroad...

I also started serious canoeing in whitewater, where it was de rigueur to tie everything in and to carry a bailer (also tied in). I've kept up that practice when tripping on lakes and have never regretted it, nor have I ever dumped. All my gear is in three bags, so it's not time-consuming to...

Progress! In all things, we should seek progress not perfection.

Last time I fished I wrapped a bunch of clothesline around a rock, tying it with knots I made up. It worked on a lake. Of course, that was in 1956, so I'm not much help on more modern devices. Anchoring in river current requires some knowledge of hydrophysics. I think we have some posts here...

Thanks for the pictures, @Tryin'. They're great. That must be @Gamma1214's magic Merlin multicolor masterpiece in one of the photos.

This symposium is one of the several things to attend on my remaining bucket list. Bryant Pond was the post office address of the lake I grew up on every summer, North Pond, which is about five miles west of the lake and town of Bryant Pond. North Pond is connected to Round Pond and South Pond...

I've advocated against skid plates until the canoe actually needs them. Yes. Alan's dual approach makes sense to me, as epoxying composite fabrics has never been enjoyable to me. Since I've never before heard of the product being discussed, properly named KeelEazy, I assume some other...

Dagon, 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...

"Dramatic video from the Minnesota Air Rescue Team shows a nighttime helicopter mission that extracted a pair of paddlers from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA). Rescuers navigated darkness, rain and dense tree cover to reach the pair, who had lost their boat and lacked the gear needed to...