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MrPoling said: I wouldn't stress over it, especially for fiberglass. I would just cut it to fit the canoe is it is. RoyBrew also said: If you still have the original seats, and how they mount, I would install them first. The after the seats are mounted, I would cut the thwart to fit. I wouldn't...

Gamma, I'm not sure I understand what you're talking about up there. "Prestressing" the glass for a build won't work like it does for concrete. The object in boatbuilding with reinforcing fabrics is just getting the fibers as straight as possible, maybe stretching them when putting the fabric...

In canoe country, the charging station is for those autopaddles people will be using. The fisherfolk call them "trolling motors." Water skiers call them something else. They'll be needed in popular camps to keep those batteries topped up, not just at put-ins. (I'm joking around here)

I echo Glenn here. We got a Wenonah ultralight Kevlar Odyssey (no longer built, 18'-6"long, 15" depth, 41 pounds) 10 or so years back that my wife and I have beat the crap out of since then. It's got one patch on the bottom and should get another, but I'm lazy. We plan on paddling it several...

Theft on the Rogue is definitely not a problem. Because it's a whitewater run, few canoeists are even seen on the river. Within the permit season it's mostly rafters, and most of them wouldn't be capable of paddling a canoe out if they did try to steal it. Equipment "loss" can be a problem...

A western USA trip that's often done inn-to-inn, though locally it's called "lodge-to-lodge," is the Rogue River in Southwestern Oregon. Too Tall, this isn't a trip that you'd likely be interested in, partly because it's across the continent from you, next to 3000 miles away, but mainly...

My wife and I, usually with others, have done some fantastic tripping in BC. Several of our top ten trips ever were there. There's lots left we haven't done, most of which we won't have time or the skills to get to. There's a huge range of paddling possible there, tiny ponds, medium and big...

I know what yknpdlr says. I seem to remember fewer each time though! My last purchase was a boat I originally bought new in I think 1996, then soon after sold to a friend who needed one. I bought it back from her about 10 years ago. I don't know if a "repurchased" canoe would truly qualify as...

Glenn, if you think this violates copyright, just delete the whole post. Thanks.

Thanks, Glenn. I've already looked at the rules and other stuff, most of it several times, as I've been lurking here now for several years. Most of it seems to be pretty much just commonsense. Another (nonboating) site I used to frequent just folded so I'm looking for another to get involved...

I've run the lower Green several times now, starting at Crystal Geyser once and Ruby Ranch once, but starting from Mineral Bottom several more. I just prefer the run through Canyonlands Park, I guess mainly because that was my intro to the river and in my limited experience with the run above...