Recent content by Steve in Idaho

Ah. Another development from the department of redundancy department. ;)

I'm trying to figure out what that is attached to the front thwart. The float bags look really familiar. ;)

@dogbrain , I think that gray seat is an accessory cushion. Looks like it's held on with a couple of web straps. You can see one of them hanging down on the left.

I ran into the same problem searching for "Osprey". How about Wenonah's Fisherman? Two very different boats from the same maker with the exact same name. We could probably have a pretty good thread just about recycled canoe names.

You're probably pretty safe, Mem - unless you show up with a Tesla. ;)

That's a clever solution, @wildgoose . Welcome to the forum.

Yeah, you're not gonna like this, but having different canoes effects your ideal shaft length. And this is why I have similar paddles of more than one length. And the more different canoes one has, the more the paddle collection also tends to grow. It's a little embarrassing. :) Also - I've...

Okay, I found a link to the list in pdf by going to the source here... https://igbconline.org/ My bear resistant container is in the group of "previously accepted but no longer available". I guess that means it's still good, but maybe no? Wording in the pdf is a bit ambiguous.

The link I'm talking about is what they claim leads to the list of accepted containers.

Revisiting this thread, and I note that the link in the story to the new regulation goes to a dead page. Has there been an update?

That's funny, because I sold the Sojourn and kept the Solo 14. The Sojourn is a great flat water solo, but I couldn't justify the storage space after getting the Clipper Solitude. Had I unlimited storage space, I never would have let it go.

Appreciate that. My preference would be the 16'. I stupidly passed on the one that was offered to me a few years ago. Not long after that, I decided my royalex P16 had gotten too heavy. Shoulda been listening to Glenn. I'm smarter now. ;)

There's a couple of ways around that trade off, and they're pretty inexpensive. My helmet covers my ears. I have installed a very generously sized Salamander bill that is held in place with Velcro. A high collared sun shirt or summer weight neck gaiter protects the back of my neck. Some of those...

The NC P15 and 16 are really underrated river canoes, IMO. I sure miss mine, but it got too heavy. If I ever get a shot at one in Blue Steel again, I'm all over that.

I wear my helmet when I'm poling on pushy water with rocky bottoms (not gravel) and exposed rock. If the water is deep and wide with no need to get newr exposed rock, I generally don't. If I don't know, I bring the helmet and decide accordingly.