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Hi all: I am a retired vet, looking for some advice as to which of my canoes others think I should take on a full-length solo 444 mile...

The thread at the link below has more about her including a copy of the original receipt for her canoes and paddles from the Old Town...

I've had a couple of 16 Penobscots, and it's a nice river tourer, probably the fastest (i.e. most efficient) Royalex canoe out there...

Thank you for the great information. I don't think I've ever had dry sand beaches sink beneath my feet, although we do have "quick sand"...

Thanks sailsman for your thorough explanation about sandbars. I remember being told something similar back in the 1980’s while we were...

Well, we're certainly not as big as the Gulf! Lower Wisconsin is on the scale of around 1/4 mile across. The Upper Wisconsin definitely...

For off season I still do my power walks and will ride my fat bike as long as I don't think I will have a heart attack in heavy snow...

This subject seems to be an annual thread each winter. While I like Gamma’s winter training regimen and it seemed to kind of work for...

Another good book.

Mina Hubbard, most of us know, made a major expedition into Labrador after her young husband died there. But I hadn't heard a...

Another good book.

Yes, the Popiel Pocket Fisherman. Promoted on those cheesy late night tv ads.

Remember these? Jim

Thanks sailsman for your thorough explanation about sandbars. I remember being told something similar back in the 1980’s while we were...

This subject seems to be an annual thread each winter. While I like Gamma’s winter training regimen and it seemed to kind of work for...