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Welcome! The Buffalo looks like a fun place to paddle. I'm not certain I've heard of Big Piney, but I'm a long way from Arkansas...

If you use Boatguard on the interior please ask someone to take a video the next time you step in the boat. ;)

We are both 75 and have been canoeing for 50 years. First canoe was a 17’ Coleman, that I bought used from a friend. Second canoe was...

We are both 75 and have been canoeing for 50 years. First canoe was a 17’ Coleman, that I bought used from a friend. Second canoe was...

Ice boat!! Very cool A bunch of years ago I stumbled on a couple guys with a DN on Round Lake (near Ballston Lake, NY) They found the...

Ice boat!! Very cool A bunch of years ago I stumbled on a couple guys with a DN on Round Lake (near Ballston Lake, NY) They found the...

When I think of Lake Superior, I go back to my honeymoon trip to Isle Royale NP in June 1974. The bride and I took the Isle Royale Queen...

Well then..... Getting pretty popular around here.

As @memaquay says, bare, smooth ice seems to be a rarity in a lot of places. I briefly looked into backcountry or wild ice skating...

Wouldn't work up here, as our ice is almost immediately covered by several feet of snow, and then develops anywhere from six inches to 3...

The last time I went was in 2022. There wasn’t much wind but the ice was great. I set up my skate sail but there wasn’t even much wind...

I’ve been ice boating many times and built a DN and a Gambit which is basically a two seater DN. It’s a fine line between cold enough...

You got it, Jim! As soon as I saw the runners I realized what I was looking at. Ice boaters are a declining breed around here...

The required person would have to disappear in between portages, just like gamma said he wanted.

This causes me to tell the story of my trip last year, which included the Racquet Falls portage. Late afternoon - when I usually try to...