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Best not to analyze too much. I paddle for hours on end without even remembering that I'm paddling. The exception to that is when I have an erratic bow paddler and do nothing but corrective strokes.

Yes, when in whitewater, the bow should lead and the stern should follow. The big decision for the stern is whether to steer the boat in a new direction or to draw it sideways.

So to complete the saga, we met in Yarmouth, I handed over the canoe hull after scabbing the seats and gunwales, Robin handed over a case of beer and $100, as agreed. I kept the beer, but mailed the money off to Penobscot River Paddling Trail, who will use it to build and maintain campsites...

Well, last summer I had to bail out on a trip down the Allagash due to Covid, but it was my 4th trip of the season, so I can't complain. We did have some drama on our way to the Bowron Lakes in BC. Before we left home they closed the whole region due to wildfires. It was touch and go every...

It so happens I have a Wilderness First Aid course on April 22-23 in Portland and will probably be in Yarmouth for most of the week.

Robin, my standard first offer is a case of beer and $100. Completely negotiable. I can at least get it to Yarmouth, Maine and we'll see if I can get someone to bring it the rest of the way. Seeing it's you, I'll leave the thwarts and gunwales on it. I'm taking the seats, but will replace...

Yessir, a Wenonah Spirit II, in (I think) the Aramid Layup. I included the serial number below if anyone knows anything about Wenonahs. Nice boat, but it looks like it's been wrapped a half dozen times. I got it for... not a case of beer and $100, not a case of beer, not even the backwash off...

What I like about group meals is that I'm good at keeping the weight down. For instance, my tostadas: mini tortillas, turkey sausage (dried), refried beans (bought online dried), salsa (dried), chopped roma tomatoes (they keep the longest), chopped avocado (also surprising how long they keep)...

Mostly my kevlar tripping canoes from the 70's. I've worn out and replaced most everything else, but I can rebuild a canoe over and over.

What could possibly go wrong. Actually this is my current rig:

I'd like to hear what you get. Last summer I waded a mile up a stream filled with large round slime-covered boulders and had to place each foot carefully, heave the boat, then find a new footing. It was exhausting. I've thought about the wading shoes with better underwater traction, just not...

I was just about to start a thread on this subject. I have three trips coming up this season. The first is 4 of us on the Miramichi, where there will be coolers involved - two for beer and one large sized Meat Locker. Menus are a loose affair and sometimes we have to play the Missing Label...

I'm on my 4th inflatable. First Exped and the valve failed. I returned it for a new and saw they replaced the valve with a burp valve. Eventually the glued seam between the air pockets failed, resulting in a big double-wide air bubble. The third was also an Exped, also failed in the same way...

“I was a little dismayed by all the vehicular intervention. Not sure I'd do it (partly for the cost). There will be bony miles. “ Me and a bud started at Flagstaff Lake and ended at Chesuncook Village a couple of years ago. We poled up all the upstream sections, boat-carted where we could...

I have checked out Mark Cuban's plan and it does seem to be quite cheap. I don't take any prescriptions though so I haven't taken advantage of it. The big thing is that you have to get a written prescription rather than have them call it in to your pharmacy, which they do by default without...

I recall reading a scientific study about physiology and human pace. There is an efficient walking pace and an efficient running pace. We all have different ones, similar to hull-speed. But they also found another efficient pace, between the two, sort of a rolling semi-jog, and couldn't...

Dunno when I found it, but I come here for some intelligent discussion and insight.

The secret to drying chicken is to start with canned chicken. That's because it's cooked in a pressure cooker which somehow keeps it porous while it dries. Cauliflower Curry (see hurrythefoodup.com) has protein and is very tasty. Also add that chicken if you want. The simplest, of course, is to...

I wasn't directly involved in the shipping but my group found it cheaper to mail it. Of course you need someone like an outfitter to receive it. And if it's going to a Canadian destination, it's best to drive over the border, go through customs personally, then ship it.

Me and Doug Doremus had great plans to ascend La Pomkeag and Carry Brook to Grand Lake Sebois once upon a very long time ago. It was mid June and the Aroostook was already drying up. Met an old-timer on the river and he laughed so hard he nearly split in two. "You'll be dragging your boats...