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As with many aging canoeists, we're considering replacing one of our canoes with something lighter. We have a 18.5' Wenonah Odyssey and a 16' Curtis Northstar and it's tough deciding which to replace because they're both great canoes that complement each other well, and, there's not that much...

I recently ordered some WA Fisher Maps for Quetico Provincial Park and received one that is misprinted, or at least that's what I'd call it, and wondered if it's a one-off problem. The misprint appears to be an error in the scaling of the shaded border along the Quetico boundary and makes it...

The past several days I've been experiencing slow (or no) responses to mouse clicks or finger pokes on the screen at this website. I have to click (or poke) twice to get links/buttons to open up. At first I thought it was the mouse or touch screen on our laptop but the same problem occurs with...

I'm posting this day trip mainly because it's rather unique owing to it's location and timing... Rainy Lake is located in the North Cascades of Washington state, within the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest and accessible from scenic Highway 20. It's a mile in from the trailhead using a...

Anyone have experience paddling a GRB Newman Classic 15' 8"? I'm thinking of adding a fast solo touring canoe to the quiver and was wondering if anyone has experience with the Grasse River Boatworks / Newman Classic (not Classic XL) canoe. There's a fair amount of discussion of the XL version...

I'm looking for a way to make adjustments in seat height so I can raise the seat to kneel and use a straight shaft paddle or lower the seat and use a bent shaft paddle. And I'd like to be able to do this fairly easily while out on the water. Canoe is a solo tripper with wood gunwales and wood...

Yesterday while canoeing on a local lake (~300 acres) my wife and I noticed a man (maybe late 20's) and a kid (maybe six years old) out in a canoe and the kid wasn't wearing a PFD. Neither was the man. He was struggling to keep the (inexpensive, short tandem) canoe going straight because he was...

I decided to get a solo canoe cover for traveling and was wondering what you've been using. The two covers that I'm considering are the RedLeaf Designs Bag Lady custom cover and the Swift stretch fit cover. We hadn't planned on traveling very far with this canoe since most of the time we travel...

In some online classified ad websites I've noticed five or six canoes for sale that were purchased new in the past year or two. They each mention the canoe is in very good to excellent (like new) condition with just a few scratches. The asking price ranges between $600 and $800 USD below list...

I'm not getting any younger and lifting canoes up and off the car rack isn't getting any easier, so I decided to put a big dent in our savings and buy a lightweight version of my fiberglass Curtis Lady Bug, which I love paddling here on New England's small quickwater streams and marshy ponds...