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Nice job! I like the color on the frame. The Aleuts of the Aleutian Islands off Alaska always stained their kayak frames with red ochre, the color of dried blood. Supposition is that it allowed a spirit into the kayak. They also carved a groove down the full length of each gunwale called the...

wow! I had no idea these cisterns existed. I have never been back in that pond, always went to the carry at the dam. I'll have to do some exploring there next time I get in there. Thanks for posting that photo. Dave

Alan, I took the lines off a 15' asymmetrical solo canoe and used the front half dimensions to make a symmetrical canoe. I also stretched the diatance between forms a bit to make a 16'4" canoe and put different ends on it reminiscent of some I'd seen on a penobscott tribe bark canoe. I built it...

I hope we do!

Alan, If I may make a suggestion: it may be too late but it helps to end the stringers further back on the stems as in the photo below so the cloth can fair into the stems without unsightly bulges . Good looking job so far.

Hanz, I was in a Wenonah Wilderness UL solo and my buddy was in a grey solo canoe. We launched after lunch around noon and paddled up around site 13 and returned. We were camped on the Lows access road at what is labeled as Horseshoe Lake site 17. Sorry to have missed you. Absolutely gorgeous...

Great job with the video, Robin! I suppose you have to allow 10 days for a 9 day trip so you have time to go back and retrieve the camera on the "here I am paddling away" shots. :)

I paddled back seat in a tandem on and off for a week this Aug with a woman who is deaf without her $6000 US hearing aids. She religiously takes them out and puts them in a Pelican box when on the water. I debated whether to carry a bag of pine cones with me with the thought that chucking one at...

Hey YC, I don't see any single bladed paddles on any qajaqs in that site you posted. What might look like a single blade is a harpoon throwing stick (norsaq) on a harpoon shaft. Alaskan tribes used single blades a lot in their qayaqs but Greenlanders never did except in umiaqs before they...

Hoel Pond, Adirondacks, NY, 27 Sep 2014

Just got back from a week in the Adirondacks. Peak foliage, no rain, no bugs, high 60s to low 70s daytime temps and hi 40s to low 50s nighttime temps. Did a 15 mile day trip from the lower dam to Lowes and back last Saturday. Dawn said that only 10 sites were taken on the most gorgeous weekend...

"Never lose the opportunity to keep your mouth shut." Mike Kumer

LOL. OM, You really crack me up! Were you a comedy writer in a previous life? Dave

I just hope my withdrawal symptoms disappear!

OT has no Royalex models on their 2015 price sheets. They do have some left. I just received 2 RX Charles River 16s and a Camper today at the shop. Wenonah is out of some sheets for some models and also do not list any RX canoes in their 2015 catalog. When its gone its gone. Dave

I've been using a synmat 7 this year. I bought it because it packs down much smaller than my other pads but I like it a lot. The built in pump is OK and keeps moisture from getting in and either freezing or providing a growth medium for mildew. I can recommend them.

Robin, At 500 you should get a title (president or king or admiral or something!!)

Great turnout for you. Love to see it but its a long way from Maryland!! Regards, Dave

Great report! Thanks. "Fish suffering from lockjaw". I'll have to remember that excuse. Ha Ha!

Welcome back, Steve. What is that sailboat of yours? Regards, Dave