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Thanks Glenn for remembering and asking about my recovery. I am largely recovered and now caring for my wife who hasn't been well for some time. It limits both my working career, but that's OK - I just celebrated my 50th year self employed in the residential building business- so it's time to...

I got a laugh out of this Al. The perennial complaint of the bow paddler!

Sorry Robin, I overlooked your reply. Yes, I applied Northwoods Canoe filler which as I'm sure you know, is a traditional oil based filler. Here she is now, after 5 weeks curing, priming, and first coat of color this evening. 1st primer was a white primer tinted with red (it's what I had...

For those of you who build strippers, a (sort of) neighbor of mine here in southeast PA who primarily restored wood/canvas canoes is retiring from canoe work. He has cedar strips available for sale. Here is the link to his classified ad on WCHA.org...

She's in the canvas!

Yep, I have bought some from him, although my preference is for old bolts with patina for restoration. I'll have to look into a chemical process to mimic the old patina when I use the new ones!

Thank you Robin. I bought this property, farmhouse and barn, 47 years ago. My first house! As a builder/contractor it always served as storage for materials and tools, and only in the last 5 years or so has it become a shop. Previously I did nearly all my work on client's sites. Fortunately...

Thanks Jim! Is yours an Old Town with diamond head bolts? I used 10 of them from my horde on this canoe, and I have 3 more Old Town canoes to restore. Please save them if you do have any! Seat frames too, regardless of cane condition.

Well, that's rather impressive!

Reading Glenn's post re: site member activity, his comments reminded me that users need to post new threads to keep the site alive. In that vein, here's a current project. This poor old canoe, a 1938 Old Town 50 pounder- that's the model name; the weight is greater but that's how OT marketed...

That's a great trip report! Humor, pathos, retreat from adversity.... all highly desired in a trip story. Thanks for posting this. The St. Regis area is great. Next time, coming home, exit St. Regis into Green Pond via about a level 250' carry. Then the carry from Green to Little Clear is...

I don't know if it is still a viable event, but there used to be a whitewater derby/race held in North Creek, NY on the Hudson River.

At the very least, a trip report is in order upon your return!

You just exposed my timidity! I thought about it... even paddled downstream a bit that way, but ultimately backtracked and then carried to Fish Pond (via Mud Pond) instead. It looked way too shallow at the time and I didn't want to trash my wood/canvas canoe bottom. I do imagine that early in...

Yes, absolutely. I have never had ‘traffic’ there. The float to Ochre is quite a departure from the pond paddling; it’s an intimate view of the wetland joining the two ponds. Here's what it looks like:

My preference would be to visit St. Regis Pond via two options: 1) Start at the St. Regis Yacht Club off NYS Rt. 30 (there's public parking there) and go through Upper St. Regis Pond, Bog Pond, Bear Pond, Little Long Pond (East) into Green Pond, then into St. Regis Pond. All relatively short...

I just found this and it helps explain buoyancy values: https://www.greatoutdoorprovision.com/blogs/gopc/pfds-101 By these calculations, at my weight of 155# I need 7.75# of floatation. At 7.5# foam buoyancy for my Mustang Khimera vest, I guess it'll just barely keep me afloat! I had better...

Here’s mine. https://mustangsurvival.com/products/khimera-dual-flotation-pfd-md7183?srsltid=AfmBOooLC8I8wbH_DoFTBk0BYrgcdbe-GKnHbkuE1e1d6ibtMczF6QwS I like the absolutely minimal bulk and no interference with paddling strokes. Its only downside perhaps is the small pocket. I can fit my...

Yeah... that appeals to me too. In the past, climbing in the Mont Blanc range, Chamonix, France I became enamored of "tartiflette". Doesn't get any better, and Kevin's meal is in the same vein. La Tartiflette, for 4 people 1 reblochon (cheese) 1 kg of potatos 3 onions 250 gr bacon bits salt...

I thoroughly enjoyed the full video, and like Robin, I was constantly thinking to myself... "could I do this in my wood canvas canoe?" Well, the truth is maybe thirty years ago, and maybe not in my canoes! What an impressive trip and video record of it. Just wow! The YouTube channel...