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Reminds me of a guy I worked with, he used to drive around with a kayak stuck down into the passenger seat of his Triumph TR-8. But to the OP, it's good for your mental health... years ago I concluded that it's impossible to be in a bad mood with a canoe strapped to the roof of your car. :)

Right now our beaver problem is with them blocking the bridge we paddle under to get into the next lake. As soon as the park rangers clear it they start blocking it again. Raccoon rabies is a problem around here. Some years ago I saw an obviously sick raccoon in my neighbor's yard. If it...

I had a hitchhiker on today's paddle.

Sideways motion also shifts the pivot point. In aerodynamics we'd say the center of pressure shifts aft with increasing "angle of attack" (defined as the angle between the airflow and the chord line of the wing).

Kind of like how everybody calls a bison a "buffalo".

Finally got back out on the water for the first time since tearing my rotator cuff last summer, and only the second paddle in the boat since I got and restored it. This is Little Long Pond (Lake Kanawauke) in NY's Harriman State Park. Up until 1980 or so, there was a Girl Scout camp with a dock...

As with all of my projects, things happen slowly. Last summer I filled the cracks with epoxy while I was working on my old fiberglass canoe, then put it away until now. Since there was no trace of any old finish left, I decided to use Watco Teak Oil, and I really like the way it turned out...

They sure make refinishing the gunwales easier, as you can stand up under the boat and the oil doesn't run down the hull. Got a good bit in my hair though, from bumping my head on the gunwales and not ducking enough. I can't take credit for the design though; I copied them from an earlier post...

Re-oiling the woodwork so I can bring it down to the lake this weekend.

Another option is Clickbond fasteners, a high strength adhesive pad with a threaded stud or other fastener, used in aerospace applications, no drilling required.

Regarding the Amazon link in the first post, the battery may be fine, but a solar cell that size will take about a month to gather enough energy to charge the phone just once.

It's not the raising itself; it's the strength of the roof in the up position when it's only supported by the ends. But it's not an issue, as we haven't needed to bring a canoe when we're using the camper. The canoe normally stays at the cabin.

That old fiberglass canoe I mentioned above... Mom and Dad gave up the cabin the year I turned 14, but maintained their membership at the camp and still kept the canoe there. Some years later I had a new girlfriend, and we decided to do some canoe camping. Dad said to use the canoe, and then...

When the roof is down, maybe; I've never attempted it. Certainly it'd have to be removed before raising the top. They made a hard top version that's probably more robust.

We really like our Tiger motorhome. It's a 1989 model, based on a Chevy Astrovan. New ones have eye watering prices but the older ones are more reasonable.

Built in 1942, certainly not fiberglass. Looks like a typical wood/canvas cable.

That video has me really wanting to get back on the water! I haven't paddled since last September when I tore my rotator cuff lifting my old heavy blue monster canoe; my new to me Explorer is waiting patiently in the shed. PT is going well so soon... I never heard of "freestyle" paddling...

I still own the first canoe I paddled, sixty years ago.

Product name "CHIPWA"

I must confess, I have two sporks and one is titanium, both gifts, not sure where either is. Like Glenn mostly I use a long handled titanium spoon. The titanium spork is actually OK (but unnecessary) if you're on the kind of trip where somebody brings steaks.