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can't find the dementions of the tent stove.

At rendezvous, camping in a canvas tent with no netting, I burn bug coils in the tent a few hrs before going in and going to bed then put them out when we go in. this keeps the mosquetoes out without being in a smoke screen.

I fell in love with the baker shaped shelter from sleeping in ADK leantoos. You can duplicate it with some wall tents with 2 doors by opening up one side to create and awning. Good quality primitive canvas tents of all types are available from Panther Primitives. They make tents for reenacting...

Thanks, that was great. I was told that originally birch bark canoes were made out of one piece of bark off large trees. is that true?

canvas tents don't easily get small holes burned in them by fire sparks, besides they smell nice. I would want a sewn in floor to keep blackflys out, those buggers have crawled under my bug net. An open front tent that tapers to the ground in back is a Whelan tent, A Baker tent has a short wall...

I love that style knife. mine is only the cheap blue steel copy, but the same shape. Turtle

I meant superior elite hammock. it's the lite 24oz option

yes, my clark is heavy, that is why I'm interested in a superior ultra. it's probably half the weight. It also looks like you could do without a sleeping bag and snap the insulated body around you-cocoon style. Turtle

I definitely sleep better in a hammock I have been camping in a Clark jungle hammock for 15 years. As far as rainy days, I have had 2 others camped in ultralight small tents sitting and cooking under my hammock fly on rainy days. An advantage on rainy days is being able to set up the fly first...

I have worn my coverall type drysuit,but never portaged with it. I would roast!

I like superior hammocks system I particularly like the intigrated under quilt. i camp in the adks and always yse an underquilt.

I have glued pieces of closed cell foam onto the yoke. Strangely, the most comfortable carrying of a heavy canoe for me was in in my scout leader days using an old cheep keyhole style pfd for padding.--turtle

has anyone ever towed a canoe ballasted for a paddler down an olympic length pool and measured the drag? Seems like that would tell a lot. Turtle

I have done pre 1840 treking and canoe camping for years. On interesting and valuable thing is that they had skills and used materials in ways we have forgotten. Some of that knowledge and wisdom is directly usefull in the present. One big advantage to vintage gear is that it can be way cheaper...

I store my painters like in Mike's picture with bungee cords, but I put them under the deck so things don't snag them out. Turtle

For most of you this is already known, but NEVER tie a knot in the end of a painter. Even that nice loop if it's on the end would worry me. In moving water any protrusion on the end can catch and hold you sometimes with bad results. I was once held in a rapids by a tiny knot in in a chute cord...

How are these better than other airtight bags? I always dubble bag my food i ursac or canaster. I use some cheep HD military plastic bags.

being able to enter/exit in deep water or a dock really opens up paddling and campsite opertunities.We paddle many local spots in hung seat solo canoes that others are not able to take advantage of. this type of entry/exit is possible in any type of craft, but for me easier with a hung seat. I...

I have owned and tripped a lot in both pack boats and hung seat canoes. For me a canoe with a high hung seat is much easier to get in and out out of especially where the water is deep next to where you are entering or exiting. I can put my feet under me to raise up to step out onto the shore...

when going solo,but heavier, I take a bigger tarp fro my hammock. Several of us have spent a rainy day camp under it.