Recent content by yknpdlr

I've had the same question from locals as I paddle solo, either recreationally, or while race conditioning training on my small lake association lake with kayak witnesses. I simply say 'it is magic" and offer in our news letter to provide free canoe lessons to anyone who may care to learn. So...

Do they have prints available for purchase?

When I paddled my 10.5' Hornbeck on a `185 mile trek across the Adirondacks, with a fulll week of gear and food onboard, I found that if I centered all my gear weight under my legs and kept bow and stern light, that little boat would bob its bow up and over waves in high wind with big waves...

Hence an alternative name for a tandem canoe is a "divorce boat".

What I advise concerned scouts when paddling in broad open water is to buckle their backpack hip belt around a thwart if that makes them more comfortable, instead of roping it in with knots that would be difficult to untie when wet. at least that way they can relatively easily unbuckle the pack...

I have one, almost never used, that has 4 wings that unfold when I unscrew the bottom. Very compact, aluminum construction, light and easy to use. No sharp or pointy edges. I bought it probably over 30 years ago.

I have a cottage on a small private non-motors lake with about 70 members with lake shore property (all 200 inland members have lake access from a beach and three other member access points). Kayaks far outnumber canoes. I am regularly on the lake doing my race training, and monitoring the lake...

This question often comes up during BSA introduction to canoe camping, in particular what a BSA trained high adventure leader does and says. During trek leader guide canoe training class, BSA wants us to teach deep water canoe over canoe rescue to our guide students. But if packs and other gear...

But then again I am as likely to be tripping with a Hennessey hammock, unless I need to be i a tent in the shoulder seasons, or I expect a hard weather trip. My hammock easilyslips into its integral "snake skin" sylnylon tube with no folding required.

Definitely closed, mainly to make it infinitely easier for the next setup

When I started canoe racing in a 6-seat voyageur canoe, I, and at least one other of my fellow paddlers, developed extremely painful wrist tendonitis. I had not heard that same affliction from other teams. So I began to watch my arm and hand as I paddled at race speed. I noticed that I would...

I'm a big fan of cortisone and how it has worked for me to bypass surgery. In the fall of several years ago while painting a metal camp roof, I stepped on a drop of wet paint and went sailing off the edge, complete with a bucket containg a couple of gallons of aluminized roof paint in my hand...

That's about the only way to do it with a heavy boat, or a very tall roof rack. Then hand over hand overhead lift and slide up and forward by two hands on the gunwales. I have used that method many times with a 34' 125+ pound strip voyageur on my F250. What I do not like about this method is...

One of my regular very accomplished canoeing partners is a rather short petite woman. She transports her canoe on top of a very tall van. Although she has done the job by herself when solo, beginning with use of a short step ladder she always carries in the van and getting the bow started up on...

When I was active as an adult in scouting, one fellow adult ("VIto") was quite the expert in Dutch oven cooking. At camporees he would often have a demo stack of up to 8 ovens piled high, all cooking with a different food content. When I volunteered at one of the resident camps, Wednesdays were...