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Too cold to paint my w/c project, so I'll make the first paddle with the new (1952 vintage- same as me) bandsaw added to the shop. I'm making a curly Maple, single board paddle. My own grip and blade design. I usually use another paddle as a starting point and then alter to suit my curiosity...

Is anyone aware if it's feasible to access the Bog River Flow downstream of Hitchens Pond via the ADK Scenic Railway from Horseshoe Lake? It is about a 1.5 mile carry from Horseshoe Lake to the bridge over the Bog River flow. I would like to paddle the counterclockwise route to Tupper Lake...

I have made four paddles, two in solid cherry (one piece) and two from laminated bits and pieces. The laminated paddles, while pleasurable to use, do not appeal to me aesthetically. I think they look a bit out of place in my traditionally built wood/canvas canoes. For fun I picked up a piece...

Not my listing, but I couldn't help but post it here for the admirers of w/c canoes. Highly respected builder. Perhaps an ideal solo canoe for a smaller paddler. Note the builders' description mentions extended trip use...

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1509082629499240/?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3Aa5e11b81-8f98-474c-9b96-50acd23a7aa6 Not mine. No connection, but a great opportunity I think. Two thwarts suggests a 16' boat.

https://boston.craigslist.org/sob/boa/d/hingham-wood-canvas-canoe-restorable/7602958790.html Appears to be a Chestnut Pal, 16’. With the exception of one completely rotted stem end, it appears to be in ‘relatively‘ good shape. Not my advertisement.

This project will have to wait for warmer weather, but due to the generosity of another wood canvas canoe builder, I now have a form for a proven hull to gear up for. Rib stock and most of the planking is already made. Inwales, outwales, decks, seats, thwarts still to be prepared. This is...

Okay, so I've now been obsessing about Glenn's remark about the appropriateness of a Duluth style pack for close to a week. COB that I am (that's cheap old b*st*rd for those not in the know), I find it really hard to part with hundreds of dollars for a pack which is pretty unsophisticated. My...

A partial solo transit of the Whitney Wilderness 'Loop'; starting from the DEC headquarters on Little Tupper Lake and traveling around 32 miles to Low's Lower Dam take out on the Bog River Flow. Also, this would be the first overnight canoe trip for the Island Falls Willow solo canoe I restored...

Nice Old Town 15' 50 pounder project if you're near northern Massachusetts. At 100 bucks it's a steal. Planking looks good. Seat repair and a new skin and you're on your way in style! https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/652930502903359/

I have never bought a Klymit product, but I have heard their sleeping pads are well respected. This tent at $99 seems like a reasonable gamble to try for those who are not portaging much...

Selling this paddle bag which I have no use for. They are $93.00 new. It's in virtually new condition. If you're interested please make me a reasonable offer, to which I will add actual shipping cost. Located in southeastern PA. Thanks...

I picked up another Chestnut restoration project recently. The seller presented it as a "pre-fire Chestnut Bobs Special". Now that I've had it a while, and started working on it, I'm thinking it's a Chestnut Ranger- one of their Prospector series of canoes. It measures 15' x 35" x 13.5" deep...

Standing in my barn the other day, I was looking for a fun project so I gathered a few pieces of cast-off wood and glued up a paddle blank. Paddles made from lots of different materials/pieces don't really appeal to me, but I wanted to try out a new (to me) paddle blade shape, so I put together...

I have just acquired some experienced shaping tools for my paddle making efforts. These tools are from the shop of a recently deceased Windsor chair maker. The fellow made some 1700 Windsor chairs in his career, along with a side hobby of hand-made split bamboo fly rods, landing nets, and...

While in college in central VT, I double-majored in botany and geology. Aside from being truly fascinated by these topics, I think truthfully it was an effort to follow an educational discipline that would allow me to spend lots of time outside. One of my campus student jobs (along with being...

Uh... I think I'm gonna need a bigger tree! 15' Chestnut Chum, a project for warmer temperatures- my barn is unheated! This canoe (based on the deck decal) dates at minimum from before 1972 when Chestnut relocated to Oromocto,N.B., Canada. Keen eyed observers will notice that the gunwales...

I previously posted a request for information about the Whitney Wilderness Loop. I headed north from PA to try out this area for the first time Sept. 24th-26th. My intent was to drop my canoe on Little Tupper Lake, drive to Low's Lower Dam and leave my truck, then bicycle back to LTL to start...

Heading out tomorrow morning to paddle the Whitney Wilderness Loop. ALSG's trip report to Little Tupper Lake prompted me to ponder the actual frequency of bear encounters there and generally in the ADKs outside of the High Peaks area. Am I being irresponsible to trip without bear spray?