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    My trio of custom Bruce Smith paddles.........

    It sounds like Bruce knows what he is doing. I am really looking forward to your feedback when the blades are in the water. What boat do you paddle? Or boats. Many members seems to have more then one. The best paddle makers I know do paddle, do stuff with wood or carbon and did a number of paddles.
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    My trio of custom Bruce Smith paddles.........

    looking good , what to you like so much about these? can you show the edges of the blade , how sharp or blunt are they?
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    Thoughts on an Esquif Heron 15

    Quality in the t formex was as far as i know never.much of a problem.. thier main focis has.been to build boats that last in a ww enviroment where as for example wenonah is more fociused on flatwater and portage weight. Mad river was mainly good beofre the merge into confluence..
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    Alan's Bloodvein II Canoe Strip Build

    Good luckk with the job interview. Hope the rest of the build is smooth sailing
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    New Swift Prospector 15 Solo - Specs?

    The mad river indypendence never occured to me as a river boat and never as a boat good fot 200 pound plus. There is not much secondary stability bevore i burry teh gunnel 2 inches under water. Then it sinks rather quickly. And i am 160 ish i thnik 80 ish kilo is more what i see on the scales...
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    Savage River Illusion on the Housatonic and Still Rivers, CT, and some performance review

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_scull A Skiff has a minimun weight of 14 kg's Prices are way above your illussion for a good one. A main reason way rowers tend to be member of a club even when the are in a solo. So far it seems you enjoy the illusion. Looking forward to the tripreport of...
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    Prospector or……

    Not sure a out the wieght of the eggplant explorer it could be either kevlar of polyesther.. mr build those for many years. So weight is not fixed. They are close to your duckhunter.
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    Canoe cover for epoxy canoe with no gelcoat?

    Cleaning flies in a composti boat i always could hanlde. Finding them on each rib taking the better part of 3 hrs. Convinced me..and if it saves me for taking care of the hull for a couple of years extra . I am in.
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    Canoe cover for epoxy canoe with no gelcoat?

    I have a also a lady bag for the mistral. I can not remember it making anymore sound then uncovered. Is saves a lot of dead flies cleaning. Enjoy the paddling.
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    Poll: Glenn's 'last' canoe or at least in spring 26

    Ah inside knowlegde. Seeing boats paddled well is maybe the best marketing.
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    Mégiscane River, Québec

    I guesss a valud reason why there are not manny paddlers. YOu did wonders.
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    Poll: Glenn's 'last' canoe or at least in spring 26

    T ketcjam and rpatch are the winners congrats. I hope the illussion leeps glenn aflote for a decade or more. On the other hand i read somewhere that thos is his 4 or 5 th final canoe. Looking forwards to many pics of the boat detailed review of the illussion and comparison of this compared to...
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    Looking for advice on current Swift layups

    Red canoes are the fastest so good choice ;)) Swift layups are changing so fast so it is hard to know how itholds up after a season of 5 . But I guess both will do great..
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    Wind

    Maybe we got them now over here. When i was younger it was much more windy. Especially in spring . Wind seems to be gone. Whe i was yonger i was paddling lots in the surfzone at the seashore. Now those waves are hard to find.
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    Where have we all paddled?

    Canoe: Netherlands , Belgium , luxemburg, france, ireland, scotland, wales ,england, germany, sweden, denmark, poland Kayak; all bove minus ireland , sweden, polansd Plus norway, swiss, slovenia,austria turkey, nepal I guess might have forgotten some.. Looking forward to read from others...
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    bell wildfire

    Having owned a phoenix and now a wildfire. I think they do much the same. Some friends tried to separate them . Some of those owned a wipdfire for over a decade before paddling the phoenix back to back. There is not much in between. I can see some of the differneces mentioned before. Are...
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    How to recruit new canoe paddlers?

    I do kayak and canoe and bike and sail and... Many of my buddies do a array of things on and of the water . Some got started because they got to know me. Some stearte despite knowing me...many get i. A canoe becuase they are done with land sports like cycling running footbqll
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    Trip Report: Thunersee, Switzerland

    Enjpy the crossaints baguette s tarte aux chocolat and more
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    Curtis Dragonfly for sale

    Bloddy customs ocean and distance. When wiĺl i find a buddy who knows internatuonal transport and l9ves canoes... Hope somebody buys this soo. So i can get it oit of my system.
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