Chip

Can anybody refer me to discussion of pros and cons of “lining” holes? I intend to install holes for painter tie off to my B-17...

Gerber River Shorty, mounted on the front of my PFD, had a sheath to which the knife snapped into. The knife dropped out somewhere and...

My wallet and a video camera were secured in a pocket of a small back pack, along with a few other small items. The backpack was tied to...

This post might be a longer read than it is worth. But, now that I wrote it... Steve and I paddle the same, 7-mile stretch of the...

Lots of good solutions offered above, but 2x4s are best in my opinion. I don’t often carry two canoes. In the past, I’ve attached the...

Use a grilling basket. The one that came with our rotisserie machine weighs less than a pound. But I’d go with something heavier, and...

No cooler. I don’t take fresh meat or dairy, I don’t like ice water, and good beer is pleasing at ambient temperature. It surprised me...

I haven’t done many trips with portages. In the BWCA, I didn’t carry a table. I was sitting on the ground or maybe a log, so cooking on...

Serge, welcome to the site. Hope you grow to love canoeing as much as most of us on this forum. Canoeing is fun and good for the spirit...

Snapper's mention of hiking reminded me of a mesmerizing scene on Mt. Osceola, NH, a 4300' peak in the Whites. It was 2013 and we'd...

Watching an enormous bird flock had me mesmerized in 2017. I couldn’t turn away. Lake paddling in the Adirondaks in the fall did it...

Patience. It’s hard, but if you rush things, you risk re-injury, and that would be a setback which keeps you off the water even longer...

I was about to leave a rest stop in Southern Maryland when an elderly couple pulled in next to me. The old woman on the passenger side...

Rather than break up the bulkhead, I suggest you consider adding a concrete skid plate on the bow. Concrete is a versatile material...

If you get a hand pump, also get some tubing to extend the nozzle a foot or so. Otherwise, it’s difficult to direct the outflow of the...