Recent content by Mason

You might have to adjust that attitude for the National Parks. You may not see anyone around the sloughs or Fir Island, though.

The sloughs around Marysville, WA are nice. Fir Island on the Skagit River Delta is fun. Both of these would be day trips from your niece's. In between I80 and I90 are Yelllowstone and Grand Teton NPs. Yellowstone has the Lewis/Shoshone Lake trip (could be an overnight, or a few days)...

I'm on my second also. In addition to the grab handle, I have two straps going all the way around the pack through the various d-rings, with a Fastex slider for adjustment. That allows you to pick up the loaded pack without stressing the shoulder strap attachments (my first pack started...

The Labrador tea further south gets knee high or more, and is exists as thick brush among the trees. North of Wollaston Lake it was always challenging to find good campsites due to the thickness of Labrador tea--another plus for the Barrens!

I guess I misspoke--it was the cockpit they made the rigid cover for, as they didn't have hatches. I'd assume they had a smaller cockpit, with spray skirt, within the decked cockpit, basically turning them into kayaks. I don't know if they ever went down the deep dark hole of using double bladed...

If I remember correctly, Kruger and Landick installed rigid hatch covers for their Loon/Monarch canoes for paddling the Pacific. The single opening was much larger than the dual openings on the Canaks, though.

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Another, lower cost option is the Klymit Insulated Static V, at about $65. I've used one the last 7-8 years with total comfort and reliability. So far I've done two 6 week, one 4 week, two 2 week, and a few more shorter trips with 100% reliability. It's quiet and comfortable, 24 oz., 23...

My first solo was a 16' Wenonah WWC-1, built to marathon racing specs below the waterline, and fullness above, designed for downriver whitewater racing. I've raced flatwater with it as well as paddled whitewater and tripped (to one week). It's spent a lot of time on rivers and tortuous creeks...

I had the same problem at first, and started to pry it out. Munched up about 1/4" of the shaft, which I cut off later. The shaft length still came out right. I think the key is to heat the shaft further up than you'd expect--the farthest part of the blade was sticking in the shaft until I...

I just used a heat gun to break down the epoxy bond.

I'm not a fabricator--I just ordered a new blade from ZRE and epoxied it onto the old shaft.

Except most of the "long, fast solo canoes". I do like the Canadienne though, but only paddled the 17.

Interesting--Kurt was the Wenonah sales rep when I sold them in the early 80s. I have a Voyager, but it hasn't been blessed by Kurt!

Bozeman, huh? We should meet!