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Alan: Thanks for your perspective. You sure have logged many a successful canoe mile with Sadie. I am curious if you trained her as a puppy, or later. I look forward to the day when Cookie is as well trained, and traveled, as Sadie. We are struggling a bit with her obedience training in the...

This thread follows up on the picture of Cookie that I posted recently in Photo of the Day. Here is another photo: Cookie is our 5 month old medium Labradoodle. I have given her quite a bit of hull time in the last several weeks. She has quickly learned to stay still and not bark at things...

I will start a new thread: "Cookie Training in Canoe"

I've been giving our 5 month old puppy Cookie as much canoe time as possible. She has already learned she should not bark at, or get agitated by, geese, ducks, cormorants, herons, people in boats, people on docks, etc. My (woefully misnamed) Canak has proved to be a perfect training canoe...

Dern it all. Here you all are making your own covers, and I can't even find the time or gumption to install the second hand Cooke cover for my Magic.

So many books, so little time. I am pretty sure about all my favorites relating to canoeing, adventuring, and natural history, have been mentioned here. I suppose canoeing is most popular in the boreal forest, I grew up in the eastern temperate rain forest of mostly deciduous trees, so when I...

I don't have any advice, but I am envious.

Sadly, wood is insanely expensive at the moment. FWIW, the cheap camo polyethylene tarps at Harbor Freight are a good deal and have held up for me amazingly well considering the price. Most recently, I have used one to cover a pie of topsoil for the last six months, and during the warm months...

Roybrew said he was not planning on portaging. So I suppose it would be for river trips, day tripping from a base camp on a big lake, or the like.

The woodworking like this that gets posted here never ceases to amaze me. I always struggle with canoe organization. Boxes are great if you can fit them, and carry them efficiently if needs be.

Krugers aren't being made anymore, and last I heard, used were going for something like 10x what this costs. This has got to be a perfect alternative Sea Wind option for lots of folks out there.

Alan, thanks for sharing your thoughts about where you are in your paddling journey. I can relate. I recall the inspiration of reading Alan's epic trips on this forum years ago. Man, you did it right, building the perfect boat, taking along a great dog companion, etc. You took it to the highest...

Thanks for the info. I agree, $30 is fair for the grip. BB should put them on the website. We can't be the only ones thinking this way. Cheers.

Thanks for posting it here. Brings back memories of mine way back in the day. Located in Maine, I believe.

Gumpus, I've had the same kind of thought to improve the grips on various paddles. I assume your picture is of grips you cut or removed off existing BB paddles. If not, can they be special ordered from BB?

I assume that you are planning to cook over a group fire built purely for ambiance otherwise. I would hope there would be a level of cooperation whereby the group would work out in the trip planning stage how to minimize weight and share tools. Seems odd someone would presume to lecture you on...

The title of this thread is "Crown Land Camping in Ontario suspended again." I glanced at the first several posts, and then did not look at this thread again until just now. It is topical and relevant to post about how government covid restrictions affect one's ability to canoe. I tend to...

I had loads of fun in my RX Penobscot 16. I should never have sold it. Gutsy move letting the 17 go before the 16 was in hand. But, a fella's wise to stick with the wife's expectations when it comes to the big toys. "Am I wrong?" "No, you're not wrong, Walter . . ."

Mike: I shoulda known. The return address is Oakridge MN but it is postmarked Harrisburg. Yuck Yuck.

I find the bent shaft is not as efficient with the J as a straight would be, so I think the bent requires a tad more of a push out (all other things being equal) but for me the bent works well enough the the J (or C for that matter). Last year, I was drooling over the new Werner Journey in...