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  1. jporter

    Oil for wood gunwales

    I have a mid 80s Lincoln Explorer finished in Ash I got from the original owner two years ago. He had used a oil finish for the wood and I'm almost out of what he had gave me. It was a white can with green weighting and two old guys in a boat on the front of the can. Anyone know what it's...
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    Paddle Repair

    I was going though we canoe stuff this weekend, its spring like in OR. And one of my paddles has a cracked blade. So I think I'm going to fiberglass the blade, but it has a cote of varnish on it. Do I need to sand off the varnish?
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    First trip in a new canoe tips

    I’m taking my Lincoln Explorer out for the first time next weekend with the local trout unlimited guys. Anything I should do or not do different than I’d do with my old plastic Colman? I’ve had the Lincoln for almost six months but have not had it in the water yet. We’re just going up to a 15...
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    Portage Pack vs. Backpack and Standard Portage Yoke vs. Contour Portage Yoke

    Packs So here in the Pacific Northwest we have two types of lakes ones you can drive up to and ones you hack into. Most of the lacks I’m planning trips to are all ones I’ve hiked into before or in the same area (2.5-3mil). So do I look for a good portage pack or just go with one of the many...
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    Oregon Lake Research Tool

    Kicked across this website researching a lake I’d like to go fish. I thought it would be a good tool in the shed for anyone looking at lake in Oregon. http://www.aol.research.pdx.edu/ So you can also buy this in book form, I now have a copy. You can find it at. Powell's Books Amazon
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    Gel-coat Repair

    So in my interdiction I had said I was going to start agel-coat repair project on my Lincoln Explorer canoe. I called Lincoln and theygave me the part/color number for the gel-coat and told me that I could get itat any marine store. OK maybe in Maine you have a marine parts shop on everyblock...
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    Hi from Oregon

    I just thought I'd say hi to the forum and give a little back round. I got my first canoe this year a Pelican Explorer 14.6 to fly fish out of with my daughter in some of the small lakes in the Cascades. For fish it worked well but was to heavy, so back to shopping. I found a gently used 20 year...
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