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I zip everything. Comes out ready to pitch, no weird line/flap entanglements, and no worries about damaged teeth or fly. Stuffing from the peak will generally eliminate air entrapment.

Do the windows slide open? Lots of commercial options for screening there. Or, you can leave the door open and make yourself a custom mesh curtain like THIS. I have used them for an unrelated cover project and had no complaints. They have a customization process that is quite thorough for the price.

Might be a take on one of these: https://www.canoetripping.net/threads/the-maine-guide-paddle.130293/

Definitely. It is quite clearly a post-layup assembly.

Here is a pic of the new yoke attachment. It has an embedded thread insert in the top. The whole bit is riveted and epoxied to the rail.

My first canoe experience was in a scorching hot aluminum outfitter affair somewhere on the Hocking River in Ohio. It was a youth trip for a church camp I was attending. I learned a bit about my 15 year old self in those few hot hours, mostly how thirsty one can get while surrounded by water...

Did they happen to mention bringing a Deep Creek Solo, by chance?

It depends on what you are charging. A 50 gallon fuel tank can fill a 1gal moped 50 times, a 5gal motorcycle 10 times, and a 25gal truck 2 times. Most small electronics have capacity measured in milliAmp-hours, noted as mAh. Divide that capacity into the rated capacity of the power bank to get...

This looks hilarious. Hopefully it will be available in some type of on-demand format after the screening schedule is completed.

@ABT I have a Shearwater, too. Not sure I can get all three on the van though. . . :p

Nothing crazy yet. It is pretty easy to track "straight", but you definitely notice the lateral displacement over a stretch of paddling. I had it out on a lake with a lengthy fetch a couple weeks ago and paddled almost entirely on the left heading out, and entirely on the right coming back...

We are hoping to do that section in the next couple weeks!

Might be too much grip for paddling, but the palm-dipped gloves are very puncture resistant and have jersey backs. I used them a LOT when I was doing tree work. Your local gas station probably has them for $6/pair. Even cheaper will be to buy a multi-pack from Amazon or U-Line.

From the specs, the Prism *seems* to be pretty much just a slightly smaller Encounter. FWIW, I currently plan to run the MR340 in 2027 with my Encounter. Unless I find a Prism cheap.... PRISM: ENCOUNTER: I would think most boats that have a straight-tracking keel line and enough freeboard...

Big Cicero Creek, Indiana. Sometimes a delightful paddle is just down the road.

Holy Toledo, I need to commission one of these!! What a piece!

Yes, but I also want to see my kids grow up.

I still use my tyvek in my lean 3: it goes under my sleeping pad.

I use a piece of Tyvek with grommets or a tiny Klymit tarp that I got as a promotional item from an outdoors store. Works great for tent vestibules, or more commonly for me, under a hammock.

We definitely have to meet-up to exchange some testing opportunities.