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When I went by the Hellman shop some years back, Bob showed me a sample of the layup. It was impressively resistant to cracking, as if...

Hellman Canoes out of Nelson BC uses epoxy, and has a boat worth considering, but has ribs: "The Cruiser is a high volume tripping...

I just picked up two old planes for $30. One's about a 4, the other's about a 6--one Craftsman, the other a Ward's, supposedly made by...

Jeez. He must have had a helluva bilge pump! And was that a squirt kayak (and probably a Dancer)?. I wonder what he could do with a...

Having not paddled with a threesome, I can only say "I suppose". @yknpdlr has lots of experience with big boats and big crews. On...

Tumblehome is very advantageous for solo canoes because the paddler sits at the widest point of the canoe, and thus allows greater...

The Carolinas of my youth were definitely warmer than the Alaska/Wyoming/Montana of my adulthood. But I still walked barefoot uphill in...

It was a good day! Just the two of us (me in the pic, partner (faster) with the phone), at Thompson Pass. The uptrack was probably two...

Only tracks! I teled for 27 years, and then realized the error of my ways--AT gear in the photo. I still have some gear, and dust it...

Yep, I'll take some of that.

I lived in western Washington several times over the last 45 years, and my daughter is there now (dammit).

Those Voiles are some pretty skookum flatland touring skis!

I've towed canoes over snow for about a mile at a time with skis. No big deal, but flat. Pulling canoes over snow on long expeditions...

For me, as a sit and switcher, the catch is the most aesthetic part of the stroke, and dictates much about the paddler-paddle interface...

Kayaks have their place. Icy Bay, Alaska with Mt. St. Elias (18,008) in background. Kayaks were tandem collapsible Feathercrafts...