Recent content by yknpdlr

i used snaps on my hornbeck wood gunwale in the photo I posted above. But snaps can become difficult to use, espeiallly if they get dirty or in sand. Separately, my team installed home made nylon covers with velcro on two woodstrip cedar voyageur canoes. glueing the loop strip part to just...

I made one myself for my Hornbeck, fited around my backpack in the sstern. It works well to keep out rain, paddle drips, and wave spray in bigger waters that I have crossed (including Lake Champlain). i used foam noodles with a dowel stiffener inside to make end water spill dams. We also made...

I’ve been studying the regs and sample test questions to get my FAA 14 CFR part 107 drone pilot’s license for the past month, hopefully before spring snow melt. I just ordered my first pro-consumer high level sUAS drone. Why? Several reasons. At my camp lake, a small non-motors Association lot...

Let me guess how you knew that. :rolleyes:

I used Google Earth to create and plot my Yukon River race route, both the YRQ 440 mile race and the 1000 mile race. Having passed through on five races I was able to modify and correct my route for best and fastest current and distance passage around shoals, islands, shortcuts and other...

iI have somewhere in the area of more than 300 USGS topographic maps, many that I inherited from a disbanded SAR team, others and duplicates I personally bought when they ran $4.50-$5 or less (now $15 or more). Mostly of the Adirondacks and adjacent areas of NY State. A few are from other...

I believe most racers will use a 12 degree bent.

Another landmark navigation book is Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel You can't accurately navigate and map long distances (across wide oceans or open lands) without a good way to determine your longitude. Your...

The average American who cannot swim 100 yards in a pool is not the most likely person to to find themselves in a situation where they are intentionally outdoors in winter wilderness conditions. As one myself who spends a great deal of time outdoors in all seasons, I believe that learning all I...

Erica, Just do a google search for "Dr. Cold", "Professor Popsicle" aka Dr. Gordon Giesbrecht from Manitoba Canada. Also search the same on Youtube. You will find many videos from his cold survival education training program.

I've always liked X-C skiing and I think it is the best cardio and general overall body workout next to perhaps swimming. Just last week I skied into a remote hunting cabin I inherited to shovel 4 foot depth of firmly packed snow from the roof. Two miles each way. Lake effect from the eastern...

I used a Water Rower to prepare for my first Yukon race. I found that I could hold the grab bar to one side or the other to imperfectly simulate a single blade paddle. Easy to move, I set it up in front of a large screen TV monitor as my preplanned Google Earth route map “flew the 1000 mile...

Chicken works best for me if I dice it small and combine it in a casserole type dish to bake then dehydrate, same idea with eggs, when combined with a potato, or rice type recipe mixture. Speaking of hash, one of my favorite simple quick breakfast dishes is a dehydrated can of corn beef hash...

I do not know much about the full line of Garmin Strikers, but for the purpose of management and research of my camp association lake, I wanted a bottom depth mapping capability. I decided last season to try the blue castable striker as an inexpensive option. I drop it in the water and tow it...

During my early years of home dehydrating 90% of my own backcountry and canoe tripping camping food, I made extensive use of a book by Linda Yaffee, "Backpack Gourmet: Good Hot Grub You Can make at Home, Dehydrate, and Pack for Quick, Easy, and healthy Eating on the Trail". A second "Bible" of...