Recent content by Robin

I bought this T Shirt recently, cyber but not sure if it was on a Monday, I think my family thinks it’s inappropriate for my age but that’s what’s great about being old…I don’t care!

I have restored/painted quite a few fiberglass and Kevlar canoes, living in Connecticut at the time they were pretty easy to come by. Most folks would balk at buying a Kevlar hull with a crack and rotted out gunnels for $100-300, not me. I sold every canoe I restored, most at asking price but if...

JR Robertson coming along, it has closed gunnels which are new to me, and they need new ends. Pleasant way to wile away the winter in a warm shop.

I always liked what you can do with these old canoes,

Nicely done Patrick, I have these two maps on the door and wall of my shop, when I find myself dreaming of trips I’d like to take, NW Ontario and the North Maine Woods are just a few feet away.

When I was 7 in 1955 my family spent a week or so at a friends camp on Muskrat Lake in Cobden, Ontario. They had a canoe but I was stuck in a row boat with a 10’ rope tied to dock. I have this picture of my brothers and me in a 16’ Plycraft canoe. (I’m in the bow with a ash beavertail paddle of...

Very sorry to hear this, my condolences.

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Thanks for the link.

It is. We moved to Maine to be near our daughter during Covid, it was a tough time to move as there were few homes for sale. My wife loved this house we found, I was on the fence till I saw the single car garage added to the side of the oversized 2 car garage. After some insulation with pine...

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