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Thanks again for all the suggestions and advice. I haven’t painted the boat yet , but I’ll post results once it’s finished.

I guess the St John will have to wait another year for us, too. Maybe a Moose River Bow trip to take the shuttle out of the equation.

The deeper the pan the more difficult to cook through without overcooking the top and bottom. I prefer thinner breads like focaccia for this reason or I will do a basic sourdough flat bread on the shallow pan. If you are going to do anything with depth, you can block the different heat zones...

On canoe trips, I will use my reflector oven every night to make sourdough bread and usually an apple crisp or pie. The pan on the far right of your picture is the one I would use the most in addition to a round 9 or 8 inch tin or aluminum pan. Over the past year I’ve started tp prefer the...

Thanks for the comments. I’m going for inexpensive and basic since it will be a loaner canoe for friends that join me on trips but don’t have their own boat. I think I’ll try the Rustoleum or Krylon and see how it comes out. It can’t get worse than it is. Worst case it gets a messy camo...

I have a light blue Royalex canoe rehab project that I want to paint a different color. Any recommendations on the best type of paint to use?

One will be a 17’ Ox Blood red (what a great color name) Nova Craft Prospector and the other is TBD. I have a blue Old Town Tripper rehab project that I picked up in the fall that I need to paint and do thwart repairs. It will probably end up being Green but I’ll let you know.

Right now two of us in solo canoes.

Maybe we’ll meet on the river. I’m planning on being up on the St John in the middle of May.

I’ve had good luck with EZ pass when I used to travel back and forth between Virginia and Maine with single and double canoes on the roof. It worked well through all the states in between. What I didn’t plan on is the automatic photo ticket generator they often have in construction zones when...

Great build. Keep the updates coming as it changes. I'm hoping to do the same someday.

I second Sweeper on the Mountainsmith butt/lumbar pack. They have enough straps to get it up off of the bottom of the canoe and makes a great front portage pack. I've used one for many years and they also have water bottle pockets on the side and a variety of storage pockets with large...

Alan, You're right! I'm so used to explaining to non paddlers why I need to have so many canoes I forgot my audience. Please forgive me.

I have a husquvarna hatchet that is probably two years old, but unfortunately I don't have access to it to take a measurement for you. I used it mostly for rough carpentry work, but it also was good for splitting small short pieces of wood for a stick stove. I liked the full size axes so much...

I use pipe insulation foam on my round Yakima bars and then do a full spiraling wrap with duct or Gorilla tape (depending on what color you want). It usually lasts a few years before it needs another wrapping of duct tape. If you do it loose enough, they will spin and allow you to easily...

I came across a Mountainsmith Celestial (Blue) 2 man tent on Sierra Trading Post a few years ago and it's been a great simple 2 pole design tent. Big enough to actually fit two adults and light enough to carry even for a solo trip. I think the new green version. You can usually find it for a...

Thanks PA Tripper! I've been thinking about different lining rope options and I didn't even think of using the prusik to adjust the position. I was too focused on fixed knot options under the hull.

I didn't mean to mislead on my fall prospector purchase. I've been eyeing them since 2006 when they were $900. I spent $1800. Now of I could just get it in the water I could actually speak to how it paddles.

I just purchased a Nova Craft Prospector 17 in RX this past fall. I had been watching them for many years (since they were going for about $900) and the fear of never getting a RX version pushed me to make the purchase as the first canoe I've every purchased new. Although I can't report back...

Here is the link to the one I made. It's basically a rectangle of material with gathered ends. When on backpacking trips with other people in commercial hammocks everyone seemed to agree that the DIY one was the most comfortable. It also packs up so small that it's worth bringing along just...