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These photos show the rough shaped blade with Dynel edging around the tip and lower portion of the blade. This paddle will be a shallow...

Patrick has made some good contributions to the paddling world. His written pieces are intriging. So are his paddles. I wish I could...

Fetishizing.

That book sounds interesting. The McGuffin name sounds familiar to me...have they written canoeing books? In the near future I plan to...

I suspect that he simply expected that the canoe would give him some extra time to either get rescued or free of the plane. The canoe...

Thank you Erica and Gamma. I'll have to go through my non-digital photo collection ... and memories ... to see what I can find.

Thank you Glenn for the update. Several years ago I had heard that Charlie was living in upstate NY. Dana owned the canoe shop near...

I just finished "The Wright Brothers" by David McCullough. It was a fascinating book and gave me much greater admiration for these...

Welcome. Even though retired from tripping, your accumulated knowledge & willingness to share experiences is appreciated.

Sadly this is my lowest mileage year in 6 years, just totaled my paddling from my garmin and it was 103 miles, I was getting worried I...

Haha, I probably didn’t explain my problem correctly. I need to make a new section for the canoe seat in the picture. The new piece will...

@Glenn MacGrady please have a closer look. Here you can see lots of pictures of the lamp and you can see how it is constructed. It...

Day 5 Dawn arrived cold and clear. Everything was solidly frosted and sparkled briefly before melting under the sun's advancing rays. I...

I'm not planning on showing more detailed photos of the jig. I've spent a great deal of time designing and refining it. Perhaps someone...

I love the language of his explanation.