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I found this on another site and wondered if anyone named their boats. I have not.

The seats in this Allagash fiberglass canoe are pressed in cane. Both seats either need new cane or I could flip them over and install webbing. This canoe has the potential as an affordable entry level flatwater tripper, so I kinda figure webbing might be the way to go. The seats are in this picture leaning against the wall, the bow seat is a slider which I'm refinishing the frame and will re-install What would you do, cane or black webbing?

This is broad, but... I've never been the one who had to tie in gear before. I will have either a large backpack, or a couple of smaller waterproof bags that will have all my gear. How do I tie them in so that if I go over, they either stay with the boat or in the boat. I recognize that if they're tied IN the boat, it may be hard to flip an upside down boat back upright. Also, I have read about ropes causing entanglement... how do you store ropes (Painters?) so that you don't have...