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Ok, cooler heads have prevailed. Today, I milled up a new thwart and I've put my notion of grafting a new end on an old thwart aside for now. The clock is ticking. I used a scrap of mahogany, so I've given up a little weight. But the bandsaw, router and bench sander saved me a lot of time.

I have a '23 Ford F150 Lightning and used it for a canoe trip for first time in early April. I drove from southeast Massachusetts to the Adirondacks: 358 miles, taking the northern route through New Hampshire and Vermont. We put in on the Raquette River, at Axton Landing. I love my truck, but...

I have a buddy with Redbone Coon hounds and I've seen them run and swim the entire length of the Allagash. They're incredible. I don't know how its possible, but they just never stop. They're noisy as heck though, so you never get to see any moose when they come along, but they do ensure that...

Cheers, once I get my boat sorted, I'll definitely let you know if I have any designs on a mainland paddle! Thanks! I too have a touring kayak for open water and windy days, but I prefer the canoe when possible. I limit my canoeing to the enclosed harbor and ponds, and always bring a marine...

@Glenn MacGrady Webbing seats make a lot of sense and my other boats are webbed. This will be my first caned seat, so I'm leaning into it. I'll learn something and its fun to involve a friend who is eager to help retain the boat's character. @kona Absolutely! Grafting a new end on this...

Thanks everyone! I got the varnish sanded off the seat and noticed "OCT 2005" branded/stamped inside the frame. I sanded around the stamp and left it for posterity. When the caning is done, I'll tongue oil the seat and caning all at once. It would likely be best to finish the seat frame...

Thank you, Glenn! There's a pretty good chance I just might, especially now that I've learned the parts aren't even likely original. :LOL: I'm routinely amazed at how much you, and many others on this forum, know about canoes. I am angling to have this boat ready for a May group trip, so...

Removal of the caning in the seat was a CHORE that I underestimated. A dear friend of mine has learned to cane recently with a group of island women (some of whom also craft the famed Nantucket lightship baskets) and she gave me good intel on how to do it properly. But it still took a lot of...

As I put together my plan of attack, I was glad to find @Mike McCrea's very comprehensive rebuild thread for his own Yellowstone. That was a quite helpful and occasionally humorous read. I'm planning a resto-mod of sorts, and will try to preserve as much of the original woodwork as possible...

I've just begun to rebuild a Bell Wildfire/Yellowstone RX that I was gifted last summer, from @saltandsky. He was kind enough to offer it up for free on CT.net and I jumped at the chance. Here's the original listing. If memory serves, Tom had acquired the canoe with significantly deteriorated...

I've done a lot of paddling in wetsuits and I'd like to not do that anymore! :LOL: Having resolved to take the plunge (pun intended) and get a drysuit, I imagine that I'll be able to take advantage of seasonal sales as the winter ends and be ready for next year. Any insight and advice as to...

I have a 14' Old Town Osprey in RX that I've never particularly enjoyed paddling. It's a compromise boat that doesn't do anything particularly well except spin in a circle.

Were the botched seats cut too narrowly? If so, before your remove them, you could measure the outward deflection of the seat drops and add that measurement to the width of the new seat on both sides. Then cut a scrap piece of wood to that length, drill new mounting holes and test that piece...

Trying a curved thwart as the first step makes all the sense in the world. I wouldn't remove the thwart entirely and rely on the seat alone. The seat assembly provides far less lateral rigidity than a thwart, because the seat drops are perpendicular to that hull-spreading force that the thwart...

I received my pack from Art a couple weeks ago and had occasion to use it on a short trip to the Adirondacks last weekend. I just wanted to say here that the pack is EXCELLENT. Very well constructed, with sharp details, and its super stout. I'm very pleased. Thank you, Art! It feels a...

Having just returned from a short trip to the Raquette River for the eclipse, I owe a great deal of thanks to @coldfeet for this trip report. Thank you, sir! I had never been to the Adirondacks before. In fact, I was set to head for Maine, but the ice isn't yet out yet within the path of the...

I too have a RX Yellowstone, though technically its a "Wildfire" because it was made during the early production of the RX hulls and before Bell renamed the RX versions as the Yellowstone. It's a project boat I was gifted from a fellow CT.net member (@saltandsky) and I'm in the midst of...

My friends and I have often remarked that there seems to be a strong correlation between canoes and decent people.

What a rig!

I have an F150 Lightning, which cartops just like any other F150. A canoe on top does decrease my mileage, and thereby range, but I have yet to drive far enough to identify the delta.