Recent content by BWCA66

They are nothing more than very expensive 3/4" pipe, just buy the towers and go to your local building supply store and buy some pipe in whatever length you want. Been using mine like this for 10 years with no issue.

Red oak would not be a good choice, does not handle water well. As others have said, scarf joints are your friend. canoerepairshop.com sells what they call a "smart lock" shippable gunnel set.

I "solo" all the time with my 14.5' Merrimack. I say "solo" because there is almost always a 70lbs freeloader aboard. Works well for me, longest I've been out is a week at this point.

I'm sitting here in SE MN and it is -8F with a real feel of -24F and only supposed to be colder tomorrow. We also have our first snow on the ground in almost 2 years. Been planning a hard water BWCA trip in 2 two weeks and looking at getting my sap taps out when I get back from there...

Multiple canoes and thousands of miles delivering canoes with my ez pass and never had an issue.

This a perfect example of what makes this site so great!

I have a Nessmuk, actually the original prototype, it weights about 13oz, has a smaller blade than most and is easy paddling. That said because of the smaller blade it doesn't push as much water but I'm almost never in a hurry anyway. It's also nice to use as a stern paddler when your bow...

My understanding is that they will be building in MN.

Thanks for a great report, WCPP is on my bucket list. Hoping this August with a grandson or 2.

I've heard that Hornbeck is moving into the Midwest and going to be opening a shop in the Twin Cities. Should be interesting to see how they do, lot's of pack boats in the NE but not so much in the Midwest.

Vacuum bagging usually gives a more consistent product and uses less resin and should weight less. The guys at Merrimack now vacuum bag a line of canoes called Grey Duck and I know they have vacuumed at least one of their hand lay up models and it was a few pounds lighter. On an environmental...

Just saw yesterday that Wenonah is going to "re-introduce" some of their popular royalex canoes from the past with t Formx.

I found a couple of pairs of 100% wool army surplus pants and they work the best for me. If it's below 10F I usually wear some thermals under them.

I've used a double blade a few times while soloing in a canoe, while I agree it can be more efficient I disagree that there is less fatigue, in my experience it's more fatiguing.

My question is when do you call it a re-design rather than just a new one? There seem to be a lot of changes to be considered the same boat just re-designed. Maybe they just wanted to use the name..........