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One thing that popped out to me is the lighter weight of the Heron 15 over the prospector. Looks shallow, but 10 lbs is significant.

I’ve been loading my heavy canoe by using a step ladder. I only need to carry the canoe up two rungs before transferring it to the crossbars. It occurs to me that this is a risky technique, especially when alone. A steep ramp, possibly with a level top would be safer I think, wider than the...

It’s not my favorite thing. I left my yoke on on my cartop and loosened the bushings. Was able to tighten them back up, but it’s something you don’t want to do. You also don’t want to lift the canoe with the yoke for the same reason. My Northstar has the carbon fiber gunwales but is...

There should be some metal inlaid threaded receptacles on the gunwales right in front of the seat.

I made this cherry yoke for a Prospector 14 that I recently sold. The thumb bolts are 27” O/C. If you can use it let me know. Price is negotiable.

Is vinylester more resilient than epoxy?

It’s a canoe graveyard. Shhh! Don’t disturb the spirits.

ppine, I think a demonstration video is in order.

At what point does it become too windy for those canoes? With no keel, and the relatively narrow hull, I’d guess the are for light winds only.

My son sold his a couple years ago. I miss it more than him, but I didn’t pay for the slip, dry dock, electronics replacements, etc. Canoes are a cheaper addiction.

I’m fond of bungee dealy bobs for rods, extra paddle, painters. I keep one in the middle of my fixed portage yoke with a small carabiner to attach my daypack. Lately, I’ve begun using them around the house. Very useful invention.

Is it me, or is wind a bigger factor for canoeing over the last few years? I think I missed the best opportunity this week, and it’s still over 10 mph, headed back to the high teens and 20s. I’ve been watching the weather in parts of MN and Ontario too, and it just seems the fronts tend to be...

Ohio (accidentally born here), Indiana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ontario, Wyoming, Florida, Arizona, South Carolina, Kentucky, Idaho

“Where have we all paddled?” There is probably not a place that we all have paddled.

Based on this map, I’d say paddling down the Rio Grande in Big Bend NP would definitely allow survival of a massive strike. El Paso would be toast and eventually contaminate the river and park. One would then be faced with climbing out of the canyon to the south and trekking over inhospitable...

ppine, The DoA economic analysis determined the project would hurt tourism by introducing traffic, noise and light pollution even before a large scale leak, then it could devastate the tourism economy. The scientific study was cancelled midstream by the first Trump administration, and no public...

Sorry, I was at the doc with my wife. Anyway, the dog and wife were in the bow, she was facing the stern, no paddle, just holding the dog who was easily 90lbs alone. They launched into the current and were spinning out of control, the man furiously paddling with little to no effect, then they...

This is why the superfund exists. Make taxpayers clean up corporate messes (to the extent possible). Instead of a safety net to protect as it was intended, it’s become part of the business model for polluters. Now that the EPA can’t regulate or prosecute, we’re entering a new age of wildland...

A couple years ago, I launched just ahead of an Outfitters’s bus. One young man had a rented canoe for him, his not small wife, and