El Cauca

El Cauca, We used to rent canoes and paddle up the C&O canal and then down the Potomac River to just above Great Falls. We camped at...

Thanks. Good to know.

Nice. I just moved here. Grew up canoeing in Georgia but have moved around lots and lived abroad for most of the past few decades...

Thanks all for the quick advice. All very helpful.

El Cauca, welcome to site membership! Feel free to ask any questions and to post messages, photos and videos, and to start threads, in...

Welcome! I would personally just use soap and water and keep its natural patina. You can get acid washes specifically for marine...

Mallet should work fine and I've pressure washed my aluminum canoe many times, after 30 years it doesn't look great but still works.

I have several aluminum boats that are not canoes. Rubber mallet first, Then a steel hammer and a dolly on the other side if you need...

I bought my first canoe, a lightweight (thin skin) model Grumman in 1973. unfortuantely I was in Ohio at the time in the Air Force, and...

Greetings. I am new here, just bought a second-hand 17 ft Michicraft aluminum canoe. The canoe is a few decades old but in very good...