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My GRB is my most used paddle, used it for several years of open canoe downriver whitewater racing, tough as nails and very light. My ZRE's are a bit lighter but not as durable. Even when using the ZRE the GRB is always in the boat.

SOF Canoe, similar to a geodesic aeriolite. 12 1/2' and 13lbs. Actually about 14 1/2 with seat backrest painter ready to paddle. Heat shrink dacron epoxy finish with carbon dust in it, thought it might be able to slip over rocks logs etc. Seems to work ok, did put a hole in it once going...

Saab Sonnett, 1972. Little 2 seater sports car, roof racks were 16" apart. Front wheel drive before that was common, 16" wheels and 36 MPG just in time for the oil crises. Put an average of 28,000mile per year on that car. Lived in Washington DC, Mass and NY and traveled to races all up and...

Just yesterday had a close call on Upper St Regis here in the Adks. Coming back from the St Regis Canoe Area, just at dusk, to the put in I had to cross in front of a private marina. 2 motor boats pull into the marina, one docks up the other heads back out, puts it in full throttle right at...

If you make another run I will get an XL. It's not surprising that XL went first, Americans being big people in general to begin with, we are mostly older here and prefer the "relaxed" fit. I work in retail and we always sell out of XL first and have small left at the end of arun and we...

Paddled the Connecticut River from South Pittsburg NH to Long Island Sound in 9 days a couple years ago. Total distance 386 miles, first day was only 8 miles, had to drive from home in CT to near the Canadian border to start the trip. It's not like your moving so fast in a canoe that you can't...

I did Little Tupper Inlet/Wanakena a few years ago. As I recall it was 68 miles and about 8 miles of portages in 5 days, but that was pushing it. 10 days would leave plenty of time for hiking, and lots of good fishing along the way. And Packbasket is a great place to set up your shuttle, a...

My son, been paddling with him since he was about 6 months old, he's 25 and still gets out with Dad once and a while. When I was young it was my little brother, I did the General Clinton Canoe Regatta with him on his 16'th birthday back in 1972. Hadn't paddled with him in a good 40 years, but...

Wow, you have some old blades, I too have an OLD Illiad, and an old laminated wood Mitchell WW paddle. I also have 3 ZRE bent shafts (one is my sons, but it's here at the house), a GRB carbon bent, a Barton which was probably the first (at least successful) carbon Bent, an old Al Camp wood bent...

I'm in the 12+ category, same as my canoes and kayaks and for the same reason, there all different and all a pleasure to use. I hunt, I used to shoot competitively. I have very few of what would be called modern guns, almost all are over 50 years old and a few over 100 years old, 4...

The River STYX

Oh Yes , and enjoy the St Regis Canoe Area

The area where your red rectangle is between Back Bay and Green Pond is private. Officially, you would take out at the state boat ramp and carry to the Green pond carry off Rt. 30 which is across from the road to the right just below your red rectangle. You'd be walking through someone's yard...

not exactly a canoe , but rather a PenYan cartopper , Had a lot of fun with that truck and boat back in the ,70,s

I have a specific canoe I built just for double paddle . It is a narrower canoe with a lot of tumblehoam, boat seat mounted on the bottom (about 4" high), I only use a double blade paddle in that boat, it's the boat in the photo to the left actually, that was taken on a carry into Preston Ponds...

I'm another that works most weekends so weekday trips in the Adirondacks are the norm for me as well. Though , I don't consider that to be a bad thing. I always hear how crowded the St Regis Canoe area is , but I'm mostly there early or late season and mid week so often don't see another sole. I...

This method works extremely well, I've used it several times on people, though mostly with single hook flies have also used it a couple times with trebels. The victim usually doesn't even know the hook is out , no ripping , no additional pain. By pushing down on the eye of the hook, the barb...

Neil Phillips, Bill Sterns and George Walsch. I started whitewater racing/paddling in 1970, had already been paddling marathon flatwater a couple years. Back then there were no schools or paddling centers to go take a class or learn the way you do today. So I just started going to WW races...

Welcome, good scout troops make good young men. When my son was in Scouts I was an asst. scoutmaster, and organized a week long trip each summer for the older boys, similar to what it sounds like you did. One year a canoe trip , the next a backpacking trip. The troop has continued these trips...

Another one of the 60 something paddlers here, actually , today is my 66'th birthday. I'm from CT , about a half hour from Robin , though I don't know him. I own a camp in the Adirondacks near the St Regis Canoe Area, which is also my favorite area to paddle. I'm at camp today actually , and...