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Yeah, I have a NS solo yoke. It works well for my NW Solo, but I’m careful. I dipped the aluminum clamps to cushion the CF gunnels. It’s short for the canoe I want to build one for, which has a 30” beam. I do however, like the thin wood NS uses. The NS yoke is only about 5/8” thick. I saw...

Tryin, Piragis still sells a yoke with those clamps. I had one long ago but it was very clunky, heavy. I’d love to find those clamps, however.

I had a yoke long ago with those plastic two-piece clamps. I found these and some videos of yokes made with them. The downside is the product is canoe specific since the hole must be drilled precisely. I may give them a shot, perhaps with two sets of holes for two different solo boats. Maybe...

As a colonial explorer era aficionado, I can’t recommend these more highly. For me, it’s about time for a reread of both of these outstanding titles. We’re planning a stop in T Roosevelt NP and I’m currently reading a biography about Roosevelt, who I’m sure I would follow up that hill...

Yes, a couple I had forgotten about. Thanks. I’m loading up the kindle for paddling/camping season. This will help.

Im looking for ideas to convert a homemade portage yoke designed for threaded anchor gunwale inserts to one that will grip standard Northstar carbon fiber gunwales without damage.

Not much for classics. Decided to revisit some older physical books. Papillon never disappoints. Contacts by Sagan was my lates conquest. The movie was better. I don’t need much politics in my sci fi these days.

This is the uppermost landing on the Little Miami River, just south of Clifton Gorge. Seasonably navigable with augmentation from only one village sewage plant on a tributary. Several low level dams to negotiate. I would struggle to get my tandem Tformex boat down to the water, and the...

I’m reading Hap Wilson’s science fiction novel Out of Abaddon, while chewing through several others, including Missouri Wilderness 1829, by Daniel Oren. Maybe I’m in a rut. I haven’t hit one I can’t put down in a while, since Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. I’ve got several going, including...

AI data centers are pure evil, and they’re being crammed down our throats here in Ohio, ruining what’s left of the rural landscape. I am boycotting AI with every fiber of my existence.

I’m not big for Apps, but The Dyrt is excellent and worth the $60/year. It consolidates campgrounds across ownership (public-private, local, state, federal) onto one map, with a link or phone number for reservations for each campground. Of particular interest are the Free Camping areas...

After a couple shake down trailer runs, I’m thinking of camping north of Armstrong near Little Caribou or Caribou lake. Anyone familiar with boondocking opportunities up there? I’d like to get close to the water and away from other camps unless a commercial campground is the only option...

“He’s going to be very popular” - Igor

I’m done with Gelcoat. Heavy, impossible to repair. I saw that swift is using something different on top of their expedition Kevlar, more like what you describe, I think. I’d be interested in that because the E-kev is a solid hull material for streams, just needs something besides GC on top.

Don’t have to be accessible only by canoe. We’re looking at Boondocking in a camper in October. Found a few nice places, but none on water yet. Here’s one I’m fond of, overlooking the Little Missouri River and Medora, ND. I can think of several I’ve loved in the backcountry, one that was...

Heck, my Swift P14 got cracked Gelcoat around the stem up to the gunnel just riding on my roof rack on a windy day crossing Illinois. Might be ok in South Florida mangroves, but I’d rather repair WW bumps on IXP or Black Steel than Gelcoat.

Without Gelcoat. Gelcoat immediately makes a canoe a lake boat in my book. I don’t understand some of the hull offerings with Gelcoat. I’ve owned one, and it was painful to watch it crack up.

A wider stream, especially one used by outfitters, is safer than a wilder narrow one with the same current, and a risk of changing hazards.

The Esquif Echo 2.0 was my solution (I think). I haven’t picked it up yet, and I have guilt about more plastic (I swore off it once), but I’m tired of cringing in shallow water swifts. The standard Echo lists at 42#, and the drier Echo 2 weighs 45. Only 15-17# savings, but I’m hoping it’s...

We’re hoping to make it to Ted Roosevelt NP. The LMR is likely to be low in October, but I’m wondering if there are some shorter sections that might be navigable for daytrips.