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Hi, Thinking about doing the Northern Canoe Trail in 2-3 sections (one section a year) starting in 2025. Curious if anyone is interested in planning one or all of these together. I have a lot of backcountry camping experience backpacking and canoe/kayak camping. I live near Rochester, NY but...

Had planned to pick her up last week then covid happened so had to postpone. This is the Rheaume Prospector 17 in kevlar on my ladder rack trailer system. Yes, normally there is a stern rope, had just taken it off when I remembered I should get a pic.

We have a place on Cranberry Lake so think of the whole area as our home away from home. We were planning an extended family trip for the last weekend of April (Wanakena to High Falls) but have to move it due to a last minute conflict. We're taking our scout crew up Long Lake and around the...

Almost all my trips are solo except now my teenagers are also getting involved. Here are my basic steps and must-haves for trips (solo or not): 1. Detailed plan with maps and planned itinerary to my wife and anyone else who lives close to where I'm going. 2. First-aid kit for wilderness...

It's tape, it has its own adhesive. Peal and stick.

Have a deposit on a Rheume Prospecteur Kevlar 17' which is $3600 but includes $200 of free gear (getting a Bending Branches paddle) and will be picking everything up next month. Our wooden kayaks were built from CLC boats kits and with shipping cost about $1200 per kit. Our skin-on-frame boats...

I use velcro tape so the pad/seat can be removed but won't shift around.

Wall mounted can be done with 2x4s. We did a wall mounted rack in the garage, horizontal boards supported with boards at 45 degrees, screwed directly to the studs, but if going over drywall just run a vertical board and screw/lag bolt it into a stud first as the anchor point.

Depending on the boat(s) and how many we're taking. Have cross-bars on both the Odyssey and CR-V and J-bars for the kayaks. Have a 5'x10' utility trailer that I installed a ladder rack on and can bolt on wooden cross-bars as well and it can carry 4 kayaks/canoes plus totes of equipment on the...

Pretty much echoing the above comments. I use Alltrails Pro to create and print maps on waterproof paper, since they are my maps they can be made to any scale and I can overlay routes on them, calculate distances, etc. There are alternatives to Rite-In-The-Rain waterproof paper, some cheaper...

The inReach is rechargeable and cannot swap batteries The inReach devices do not require pairing to the phones for posting tracking data that others can access and see, same as the SPOT service. Anyone with the access code can login and see my tracks and "breadcrumbs". I carry an inReach for...

For real-time tracking I carry an inReach Mini. Since I use it year round I pay the monthly fee of $25 to Garmin. Though they have three levels of monthly plan ($10, $25 and $50) based on how many messages you want to be able to send/receive. For everything else I use my phone as a camera, GPS...

Taking our Scout Venture Crew on a week-long trip up Long Lake and the Raquette River with a side trip up the Cold River with plans to complete the Tupper Lake Paddling Triad. We will also plan a weekend shake-down trip in July once the black flies have calmed down. Otherwise, haven't planned...

Depends how you store them. Have stored dehydrated food in the freezer for up to 4 years and it was still fine and that was in ziplock bags. Using a vacuum sealer can probably go even longer. I never store dehydrated camping food in the pantry, always the fridge or freezer until the trip.

Kind of surprised canoe transport is not its own sub-forum. Anyway, the Outback should definitely handle the weight, used to put the Thule cargo box up there and load up with gear and luggage, don't recall the exact weight rating. Agree that the swing arms were useless and more trouble than...

Clark Hammock. Will never go back to ground sleeping unless no other option.

Gotcha, well if you're ever willing to share the plans I would be interested since they no longer are available.

I like it! We were looking at the Jimmy Skiff 2 from CLC Boats (we built two Chesapeake 17s last winter). Are there plans for the K19? Quick google shows their web site is no longer up and available. Last time I checked the WRC was still hard to come by due to the embargo with Canada so not...

Another selling point for OOC was they offer lay-away so can make smaller payments over the winter and pick the boat up in the spring.

Yes, I did. Several reasons. After checking with the other stores (Regis in Saranac Lake, Bay Creek in Webster, etc) they seemed to be the only store with much inventory. The Rheaumes seem to have the best weight to cost ratio as well. I talked to Hemlock Canoes and their boat would have...