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I weigh about 235, my brother has been around 400, we both paddle. Learning to get in and out of a canoe can be a bit of a trick for anyone. Study, practice and caution will help you enjoy this great pastime.

Prudence is a key element of boating.

89% on Long Island. I had a really nice sail in my canoe for a couple of hours. At the peak coverage, the sunlight looked washed out, and the temperature dropped.

Welcome aboard! My Dad built a kit canoe when I was four and started me on a lifetime obsession with boats. Thanks Dad!

I'm not a psychiatrist, psychologist or therapist. I'm a retired cop and dealt with all of their patients on a more immediate basis.

While my car is a 2006, I still never use bow or stern ties to the bumpers. (!) Firmly cross strapped, with a line from the bow and stern hitched to the crossbars just in case. Thousands of miles without incident. There are pieces of hose with loops designed to fit under the hood.

Welcome aboard! (Waving north toward the Sound)

I've built a kayak, a sailing dinghy and a rowboat. While all were cheaper than buying new, none were cheaper than buying used. The point of building a boat is the challenge and reward of making and using your own homebuilt boat. Launch day is priceless. There are quicker and cheaper canoe...

I use a couple of folding saw horses with webbing tied between.

I do most of my paddling in winter. This year shoulder trouble has kept me ashore since december.

My only multi day canoe trip as an adult was driving to Florida with the canoe, staying in a cheap motel, and paddling or sailing a different spot every day. I loved it.

I rescued a young woman on a kayak blown out into LI Sound. When she launched from the beach she was in the lee. Farther out the full force of the wind kept her from returning. I spotted her as we were furling sail before going in. We could just see the flash of her paddles, but it looked wrong...

I wanted to go last year. I'm planning to go this year.

I capsized a canoe in cold water once, while sailing. I was wearing a short wetsuit, and swam the boat to shore to drain it. I added float bags after that. I swamped a folding kayak in an inlet once through a combination of problems. While the boat was rated by the manufacturer for my weight, it...

Cruise all day in a gale, or downpour. Get married. :D

We're pretty much at ground zero for Lyme. I've suffered joint pain all my life, I suspect from the numerous tick bites in my childhood. In recent years I got Lyme again, and Babesiosis. I have friends with the acquired meat allergy. I won't bushwack any more, as much as I love the woods.

Maybe appropriate that I'm reading this now. 32 years ago today my closest brother died of cancer, he was 31. That was very sad, it still is. But I'm sharing it to make the point that all life is temporary. Whenever I have health challenges (just discomfort and inconvenience so far) I remember...

It's also a matter of priorities. Light weight and wood construction are two of mine. Of course I have price limits, buying used limits options to what's available. I've enjoyed owning and sailing many small boats, I sell one and buy the next. I've had some favorites, but I'd like to keep...

If you build one of oak, consider adding frames and deleting the cloth. Just seal both sides with epoxy. Larger boats have often been built with unclad strip planking. My 39' ketch has 1.25" square strips of cypress, edge nailed and glued with resorcinol, coated with only paint. She has heavy...

Honestly, for a 10# weight saving I would put up with cloudy finish. Paint the outside, or call it a dream sequence.