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    Northwind Solo river performance

    I am debating between a Northwind Solo and Phoenix IXP I just sold my Blackfly Octane 1 I want to reduce my fleet and try have a boat with more uses that is why I am thinking of the Phoenix . I have a MR Caption setup solo and and Outrage X and a Wenonah encounter. I am think of eliminating...
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    She's Heeeere!

    I just try and buy the same color :cool:
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    Video About My DIY "Gear" Hammocks

    I usually fall out because let go of the hammock and do not keep it spread enough and go over the backside. This happens when I am way over tired like paddling 10-12 hours then setting up hammock. It happened once I was in the rain all day just changed into dry cloths and it was dark hammock...
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    Video About My DIY "Gear" Hammocks

    I hammock camped in Algonquin in 2017 and I did it on the East Branch Penobscot last year. You do not save any weight over a tents I fell out landed on my back then I froze when I did the east Branch Penobscot Memorial Day .So I bought a light weight tent it 3 lbs was cheaper than a good under...
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    Portable Water Filtration & Purification

    I have sawyer gravity filter hang it up and forget it but. I am going to get a sawyer squeeze and a smart water bottle just fill the bottle and drink it threw the squeeze that it.Just make sure you do not let them freeze
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    Video About My DIY "Gear" Hammocks

    I have made 3 hammock a 9 foot and 11 foot double layer warbonnet clone and 11.5 ft gather end with 1.6 hyper d need to cut this one down to long stick out of the tarp
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    Tariffs may increase cost of Chinese-made outdoor gear

    Maybe not at least not as much as people think. We do not tax on last price we tax only on what Chinese sell it for . People may try and Gouge thinking they can get away with it https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/09/25/why_trumps_tariffs_wont_cost_consumers_a_nickel_138158.html
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    How Not to Canoe

    This gives reason to always tie your boat down :)
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    Too many boats

    Down to 10 from a high of 14 my wife wants me to sell more and I say no!!!!
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    Buying Canoe Advice for beginner

    They are both good canoes if they are your only choice go with the lighter on
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    Strip built truck cap?

    Just make sure it is bolted down tight! I had an aluminum cap come off it front of me heading for the windshield but it caught the up draft and flew over the car. I bet wood strip would fly very nicely but the landing maybe not so good :)
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    How did you introduce your Dog to the canoe?

    Both my dogs were puppies 8 to 10 weeks old Labs the first one took her down a class 1-2 rapid my wife is in on canoe I am in the other my wife takes on next thing I now the pup is going after her.When I got in my canoe she jumped out of my wife's canoe and swam over to me I grab her and put her...
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    Cold Cracking

    I had a friend whose mad river outage xl cold cracked about 3/4 of the way down. He grooved it out and filled it with gflex and used it in class 2 white water for many years
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    Fit to be tied

    If you need a lot you get better deals off boat/marine site like this http://www.go2marine.com/product/38345F/samson-amsteel-blue-rope.html lots of time shipping may kill you also you need the foot lengths the places mentions are better
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    New gasifier twig stove test

    I like the Kelly kettle boils a lot of water fast but pain gathering all the wood burns it up pretty fast
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    It's Christmas Eve.

    Merry Christmas I hope everyone gets lots of new toy
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    What did you by yourself for Christmas? And did you tell your spouse ?

    I know when I die someone will get a heck of a deal on all my stuff!
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    What did you by yourself for Christmas? And did you tell your spouse ?

    I pick up an solo paddle and no :) plus some none canoe related things :)
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    Do you Fish if so do you fly fish,spin cast bait cast of just use a can with string ?

    Reading this reminds me of a funny story. My friends in the early 80 decided to do the Allagash. They were wanna be hippies 1st 2nd year of college students . One just read Jack Kerouac's book about how he lived in the wood naked with a knife and survived. So they decided they were just going...
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    Do you Fish if so do you fly fish,spin cast bait cast of just use a can with string ?

    I have brought my fishing gear yet because its just more stuff to deal with. When I normally fish I fly fish unless with the grandchild then it spin cast. I have a couple trips planned to the Adirondacks this year and I plan to bring fly rod and some flies. Any suggestion on flies to bring and...
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