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Just coming back from a weekend camping at Lake Lila In the pic from left to right: 2 year old niece, 1-1/2 year old nephew, SIL, mostly hidden 7 year old daughter, 9 year old nephew laying on the beach, MDB holding 8 month old son, 5 year old nephew

Welcome Kevin (if that's your mane)... Most cost effective way to get a lightweight, durable canoe that suits your comfort level? Build a stripper!! Others will chime in, maybe other builders, there's a lot of us here.

Mr raven Nice pics man…calendar worthy

As a result of ppine's "like", I realized the links I had to the referenced pics has gone bye bye... Here is my old post repeated, but with the pics inserted directly. I spent my childhood in family canoes wood and canvas and boomalum When I was 16 I bought the other half of a sportspal cause...

Wow great stuff I camped on little Tupper within the 1st couple weeks that it was open to camping for the public. I have pics somewhere of Camp Bliss before it was removed. I’ll look for those photos and post here…

There’s tons of links to guys that build their own teardrop trailers on the cheap. I would imagine if you can build a boat you can surely build a little trailer. Like I said upthread, I work on lots of rigs, there’s no magic behind the walls. A bit of foam, some glass and resin and you’ve got a...

My SIL is a registered. Car dealer here in NYS He and I regularly buy rebuild and sell wrecked cars motorhomes trailers. Behind the wallls, all are made of toothpicks, from high end Newmar to el cheapo Thors Don’t ever buy new, you’ll lose 50% in two years. A hard top pop up will give the best...

Ice boat!! Very cool A bunch of years ago I stumbled on a couple guys with a DN on Round Lake (near Ballston Lake, NY) They found the boat in their dad's storage, and had no idea how to make it go. After some idle chit-chat, they asked if I wanted to try it, since I had explained that I sailed...

You are the MAN!!! Nice

I've used my Rolleez (now called Wheeleez) cart on and off for the last 20 years or so. The low pressure polyurethane tires absorb most any ADK lumps and bumps. If my pack is not too heavy I wear it while pulling the canoe and cart. I've tugged that combo over 5 miles into Cedar Lakes without...

I dunno the cost of those canoe covers, but I bet they're darned inconvenient to put on and take off. For the cost of a quart of Epifanes, and a couple brushes, you could have years of easy to live with UV protection...just sayin'

There have been many occasions when questions here are better and more directly addressed on "another" forum. I'm always reluctant to post a link, for exactly the reason that Glenn mentions, to not dilute the traffic here. Often, I'll send a direct message guiding the inquisitive member to a...

Really enjoyed your trip report and the photos You even captured a meteor in the Milky Way shot!!

I've done the section of the Boreas from Blue Ridge Rd to Rt 28N, need decent water levels, quite remote. Sections of the Rock are fun, as are parts of the Cedar River, from town of Indian Lake to the confluence with the Hudson. None of these are easy shuttle wise... There's parts of the Bog...

When I built my carbon copy Kite, I made a temporary seat pedestal, put the tractor seat on it, and took the boat out of a test ride. Once I was satisfied with the seat placement, I made the pedestal for it. Seat itself is adjustable, of course.

Gamma, I installed and removed the seat in that DY several times... The short thwarts at each end always stayed in place, the center thwart had to be removed to allow the hull to flex. It was fairly stiff, but again, there was no permanent deformation.

Mr Blackwater, Welcome from upstate NY By any chance have you paddled Quabbin reservoir? I have little knowledge of it, MDB is always looking for new interesting spots to paddle

Gamma, I faced a similar hull flex seat install dilemma when I built my DY Special... On that hull, my seat support cleats were positioned well below the severe tumblehome, the only way to install the seat was to flex the shear line outward. I had already epoxied on my gunwales, between the...

Glenn, Is there any way you can (in your copious free time) post some data on member activity levels? Gamma mentioned in the "how old are you" poll that there seems to be less activity than the previous poll, despite a considerable rise in membership. I am wondering how the rising membership...

Little tupper lake has early season access and you could even go back to Rock Pond, or beyond. Rock rarely gets busy even on warm holiday weekends. Keep in mind St Regis is trout water, and a lot of early season fishermen may be there too.