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  1. stripperguy

    Caught in big weather events

    In another thread, I mentioned that not much changes between my visits to favorites spots in the ADK's. yknpdlr noted: So not to clutter that other thread with so much drift, I'll carry on here... During that Derecho, one of my former employees was camped at Huntley Pond In July of 1995, her...
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    Sawyer 17’9” Cruiser on a diet

    Here’s where it began back in March All 75 lbs of it Everyone loved to paddle it No one wanted to carry it, or even fight gravity to put it on roof racks
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    K19 sailboat build

    The boat build category has been a little slow lately, so I guess I'll share my K19 sailboat build. The construction is cedar strips, with 10 oz glass inside and out, so it's quite similar to a strip canoe build, but on steroids. I bought the plans from the now defunct Northwest Marine Design...
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    Essex Chain Lakes and the Chain Drain

    I had posted an abbreviated report some time back, but recent discussions reminded of an article I had submitted to the Adirondack Almanac, a much better description. Here's the link, should anyone be interested...
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    Bent Shaft Paddles

    I started these a couple years ago, when MDB and I were squatting at our daughter's house. Very challenging to work at their house, so I postponed efforts until we finished building our new house, right next door. Nothing fancy, pine shafts, 12 degree bend, cedar blades, phenolic tips. I built...
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    Why did I wait so long???

    I have a short trip planned for mid October, and, there's an unknown amount of carrying where there are no trails. I have an old portage thwart from one of my builds from 1984, it used to be a pretty cedar laminate, that fit my 30 year old physique perfectly. Well, I ain't 30 any more, and that...
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    St Regis area paddling

    Here's a few pics from paddling around Little Green Pond, Little Clear Pond, Grass Pond, Ampersand Brook, and lastly, Stony Creek.
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    Not your typical build question

    Bear with me for the backstory, it's relevant. MDB abd I bought this little RV, built on a Mercedes chassis, very reliable, great (for an RV) fuel mileage, 16 mpg... We got it cheap because it had a known to us problem of a squishy floor. After using it for a year or so, we may sell it and get...
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    Rustoleum Top Side paint

    Well, anybody use this? I have been a fan of Interlux Top Side finishes for many years, but just strolled by the Rustoleum stuff yesterday. I have a 19 ft sailboat (yes, it's a stripper, mostly) that I built years ago, and a few years back I repaired the hull/deck area, but never painted it...
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    Divinycell cored composite

    OK, don't any of you get too excited about another composite build, this one's a ways off yet. Not to get too far off of my own topic but... MDB and I have sold our house. We're building a new one next year, along with a 30 x 40 detached garage/workshop. In the meantime, we're finishing a bonus...
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    Nothing Fancy

    Here's a few photos from the past few weeks. This is my son's build, a beloved design that stood the test of time. A 17 ft tandem that's fast, comfortable, maneuverable, seaworthy, and generally ends up around 40 lbs. This is the 5th time this hull has been built. He's gotta hurry, as my house...
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    Boreas Ponds day trip (ADK)

    MDB and I decided we needed to get out, so we loaded up the car and drove a little north...Wouldn't you know, we ended up on Gulf Brook Rd. After a slow 3.2 miles (per her odometer) we arrived at the deserted parking lot. I threw the boats on my wheels and off we went. MDB was kind...
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    Fish Pond, St Regis canoe wilderness area

    This is the way it ended Along the way there were two broken legs, a broken jaw, a 26 degree night, and sustained high winds. But it was all just fine. This was my first trip with my carbon copy Kite, and even at 28 lbs, I wished the boat was lighter yet!! We started out at Little Clear...
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    Interlux Seattle Gray

    I think I want to paint my carbon copy Kite using Interlux Brightside 4205, Seattle Gray. On their website and my monitor, it sure looks to be a light green. Does anyone here have first hand knowledge of this color? I do want a mild shade of green. I do not want gray! Is it really green? On my...
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    St Regis quickie

    With a terrible weather forecast and sunny dispositions, we packed up and headed to St Regis Pond. Arrived at the put in and started to paddle in...promptly needed to stop to put on our rain gear. Rain held off while we carried, but started up again in earnest as we paddled St Regis...
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    Carbon Copy Kite

    Disclaimer: This build is Alan and Jim's fault! If not for their pioneering composite builds, I would never have had the intestinal fortitude to attempt such an effort. I'm proud to sit on the shoulders of these giants... Some of you here may know that I built a "Kite". That was a 14' 10" J...
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    Essex Chain Lakes; beyond the Chain Drain

    I met with a couple forum members (another forum, sorry) for an adventurous day trip through the Essex Chain Lakes, the Chain Drain (drainage of the chain lakes), the Rock River and the Cedar River. Below is the 14 mile round trip GPS track. My goal was to see if a through trip from the chain...
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    Sawyer 17' 9" Cruiser

    I just bought a Sawyer 17'9" Cruiser for $200!! It's got a broken seat in the back, otherwise in great shape. Spent most of it's life indoors. This is the Goldenglass layup, with red gelcoat, aluminum trim with whatever black coating. I'll get some photos to post tomorrow when I bring it home...
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    Mini-manly trip Clockmill Pond, ADK's

    I have been trying for a while now to travel from Sand Lake to Clockmill by canoe. This past Saturday, my son Josh and I nearly made it, save for a navigational error that was not entirely my fault. We started at a campsite along Powley - Piseco Rd, in the Ferris Lakes wild forest area. We...
  20. stripperguy

    Cedar River via Unknown Pond

    The plan was to bypass a rough section of the Cedar by carrying to Unknown pond and bushwhacking from the outflow back to the Cedar. If the roads were open to the north, we also would have tried a through trip, exiting via the Essex Chain Lakes. We put in at the Benton Rd site, the former...
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