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WD40 has removed lots of sticker residue on hulls for me, though that has only been on Kevlar and Carbon-fiber hulls made with either Vinylester or Epoxy resin. I too am done putting ugly registration stickers on my hulls...I'll pay the fine.

As I get older my approach to getting deeper into Quetico, WCPP, etc is to go light. This may not fit how you like to trip, and I don't mean to proselytize. If this is a rabbit-hole of interest, the best resource I have seen is the lightweight tripping forum over at bwca.com. Like you, I...

Quetico in September is usually fantastic. Enjoy.

Besides gorp and bars, I/we tend to bring an assortment of dried fruit (Trader Joe's!) like mango, chile-spiced pineapple, cherries, mandarin orange slices, etc. We also always bring a very dry salami and some parmesan cheese, both of which will easily last a couple of weeks, and if it was not...

DCF is also called Dyneema Composite Fabric; that's not a brand. There a a handful of cottage manufacturers of DCF stuff sacks and roll-top sacks. zpacks dry bags Hyperlite roll-tops Hilltop dry bags I'm sure there are others. Etsy might be worth a look. Cheers!

"In an effort to reduce weight" Well, if that is your primary goal, I would steer you towards roll-top dry sacks...but the DCF ones. Not remotely cheap, but very light. I use 3 in my pack (smaller than the Pioneer, 54L vs 77L) for a week (one for the food, one for clothing and one for my...

The Trillium is a very nice all-around boat but it's not quick. I have one with a drop seat and do sometimes swap out for a lower pack-style seat as well - however mine is probably 4" off the floor, much higher than Northstar's. In terms of ballast: Boy howdy yes. These are tripping boats...

Three or four times a week, I try to do a little lifting, stationary bike and stairs. Then swim 2/3rds of a mile; three of my laps are sprints because I can't go fast on land anymore.

I own one of those aluminum tower yokes with the sling-style aluminum-framed pads. I also have a canoe with a fixed wooden yoke and the same aluminum-framed sling pads. Don't use the first any more and use the second only because I have not got around to upgrading them. Fundamentally I do not...

Chipped away at it and finished it - thanks for drawing attention to it. Pretty spectacular; beast of a trip. Many superlatives warranted. Only one negative: I hope someone teaches him how to cook fish. Boiling Brook Trout?! Straight to jail. :-)

I also have owned a NW Solo and still own the Trillium. Was always under the impression that the Trillium and the NW Solo were the same shape, just bigger/smaller versions thereof. Perhaps I am mistaken. Anyway, agree that those are likely a better fit than Placid's offerings for what you...

Vey much looking forward to open water, but that is still a couple of months out at least. Late May group trip: 8 days in Quetico. Late season (probably September & 8-12 days) solo to Wabakimi, assuming the invitees reply "no". Probably a family trip in the August timeframe, though early June...

Very nice - fun to see your plans. I'm planning a bushwhack-heavy west-side solo for September, though have invited a couple of tripping friends to join...so perhaps not solo. Keep us posted.

Sounds like advice is vectoring in the 260-280 range...& I concur. Further refinement depends on your style and height/reach...

I also very much enjoy cooking over a fire. I have never brought an axe...though I know people who do.

Excellent report! Thanks for sharing; looking forward to the next installment. Question - has the axe accident changed your thinking on bringing one on future trips?

Nitecore NU20.

The idea is exciting. My experience so far has been with the (newer) iPhone's native satellite functionality, and has been hit-or-miss. I May I was in Canada on a 14 day trip. Part of that was with others who also had iPhones with this capability. Some of us had 100% of messages go through...

Neat thread. Cerberus is not only a world-class canoe dog, she is a stellar bird dog, and we typically do three trips to SD chasing pheasants and sharpies each year. This past year there were also a couple of waterfowl trips. She even helps recover deer from time to time. I bowhunt quite a...

Let's not go crazy, Goldfinger