Recent content by Paddlinhal

I'm planning a loop trip. Start at Caratunk, Maine. Down the Kennebec River to The Great Carrying Place, over which Benedict Arnold and his troops carried their bateaux and gear to the Dead River on their way to assault Quebec. That's about 10 miles. Then north up Flagstaff Lake, down the...

For parks, sure, why not. For everywhere else, you first have to figure out how to target the ignorant ones, and leave the rest of us alone.

I'm on my 2nd 115 liter Propack. I tied grab handles between the D rings in the back, where I slip my paddles. Sealine also make a rolltop duffle, which can be tossed on top of the first pack, with the paddles helping to hold it in place. Of course, my spine is severely compressed at the...

In the end, someone will build houses all up and down it. I wouldn't worry too much about telling fellow paddlers about it.

My Freedom Solo is the closest I have to a whitewater boat.

I went with the dynel, and bought some Medium Blue pigment. Came out better than I hoped!

What exactly is the benefit to using dynel? I bought a bunch of it and am preparing to put skid plates on my brand new tuff stuff canoe. Or I could buy some pre-cut kevlar felt skids for $49 CA.

As a senior citizen, I just finished a single carry trip over 3 ancient canoe portages in coastal Maine. We had an 80 pound tandem, 8 gallons of water (we were paddling in salt, and found opportunities to top up every other day). We brought chairs. The trick? Invite an ex-marine twenty years...

I have a quite useful Sealine waterproof rolltop duffle which I use all the time. However it has the most useless feature that I just cannot fathom. On the side is a small zippered compartment, maybe for your wallet or a snot-rag, whatever. It has a nice waterproof zipper. Unfortunately it...

Nice website! I stopped keeping track of costs but it's something like $50 or $60 a year s long as you buy multiple years. I just might go check Squarespace out.

It's got a great name. Far better sounding than the Hal Stroke, which I use for hours on end when I forget that I'm even paddling.

I appreciate the guy who, after realizing the first paddler was not reappearing, made a beeline for the edge and threw a throw rope, like perfectly. Quick and efficient when every second counted. Unlike the guys I have paddled with, on the opposite bank, snapping open beverages and wondering...

Back before the Dawn of Time, Doug Doremus and I started our own free webpage on Geocities.com. All that was needed was a rudimentary grasp of HTML and a few hours here and there to add articles. Over the years it grew, we got our own domain and called it voodoocanoe.com. With the advent of...

Wow. I will never stop leaving my leftover firewood next to an established fire ring. My favorite is to find an intact tube of birch bark and fill it with kindling. I get a kick out of the LNT crowd. For instance a banana peel, field stripped and scattered, is unacceptable because it's not...