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For those who have done it and would again. Is it the challenge, the natural world, the simplicity of life or something else? I'm not planning a long canoe trip at this time, but a friend has asked me to help sail across the Atlantic. I've been to sea on CG cutters, on my own boat, others too...

While I envy those who have easy access to beautiful rivers and lakes, there are advantages to living on salt water: it doesn't freeze as easily. Most of my paddling is done in winter when my sailboat is out of service. Yesterday it wasn't quite 40f here, with a moderate breeze. I launched my...

Just daydreaming here. I haven't camped on dirt in decades, though I have "camp cruised" a couple of small sailboats. My last multi day canoe trip used a motel as a base. Now I own a 39' cruising ketch, and ponder the practicality of sailing up a river and paddling the creeks that feed into it...

Good Morning! The short version: I've been canoeing since childhood, currently own two wooden canoes that I sail and paddle. Much longer: Dad built a kit canoe when I was four. Canvas on a wooden skeleton, it was probably a Trailcraft. After a couple of more kids, and some rock damage to the...