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  1. canoeao

    Does anyone know what these peg/pin-looking things are?

    I'm gearing up to restore my old-ish Lincoln Hidden Pond, and I've encountered something I haven't seen on other canoes before (I have very limited experience working on canoes, so maybe I'm just naive). I don't know what these metal bits that are inserted into the gunwale are, which seems...
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    Knots

    Any avid knot-tiers out there? I’m a burgeoning one myself, hoping to expand my knowledge. So, I’m curious - what are your go-to knots when you’re canoe tripping? What do you use them for, when/where/why, etc.? Any special considerations or anecdotes? I just got my snap bowline down with my...
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    Whitewater in a fiberglass canoe?

    Pretty self-explanatory title. I don't truly intend to do all that much whitewater for now, but I am curious about your experiences running WW in a fiberglass canoe, especially shorter canoes/solo canoeing a fiberglass canoe in WW. I imagine there's a lot of patching or that folks usually opt...
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    Hello from Mount Desert Island, ME!

    I've been lurking the past few weeks and thought it was about time I introduced myself. I've gotten into canoeing in the past year or so and recently bought my first canoe, a 13-foot Lincoln Hidden Pond. I've mostly paddled on and around MDI, but this past weekend I took it out on its first...
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