memaquay's latest activity

Yes

With the weight you suggested, I strongly recommend you test paddle some canoes before buying. Take your time, and try them out in the...

Might help if you could tell us which particular canoe models you are looking at. Putting three people in a canoe might not go over the...

The weather is definitely changing up here. When I first arrived in Northern Ontario in 1989, there were long stretches of -30 to -40...

Our club had some early Mad River royalex boats as well, and they were stored outdoors in our frigid temps, where -40 was not unusual in...

Looks great! Will you be fiberglassing the inside as well?

I almost always stay at the Triftlodge (Now called the Travel Inn), mostly because it's perhaps the cheapest but it's also dog friendly...

I'll take those suggestions, driving a new truck from Hogtown back to G Town, leaving Friday, hoping to make Cochrane Friday night. My...

I would probably just fill that void with thickened epoxy, that's probably the easiest way to get it flush.

Those look great! I haven't pulled out that last piece of sassafrass you gave me, but looking at those paddles sure makes me want to.

I've been working on the paddles when time allowed and oiled / varnished them today (pictures and final weights when done) A couple of...

12 inches is doable for the Raven, I'm not sure, but I think my first one was 10 inches back, as a reference, here's a pic. With the...

A few years ago some flat lander posted a picture of a roller portage. In a personal message I asked him about it, you know the kind of...

Too many irons in the fire so boat building has been slow. I did run a large, fairly aggressive half-round file (almost rough enough to...

BF - other than some of the most popular routes (Kopka Rv; north on the Allenwater Rv from Allanwater Bridge off the railroad) there is...