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great stuff! it's getting very hard to find swix grundvalla these days, i picked up a quart of pine-tar from an equine supply house -- it's not as sweet as the swix, but it does the job...use it on skis, cut it into some wood-finish on axes and paddles, and threw a little into my canvas wax mix...

is this pine-tar? the same stuff we put on the bottoms of (wooden) skis?

after about two and a half happy decades of well guarded down, i'm kinda enjoying the 'ah (@&#(*@ it...it's synthetic' feel of my new(er) synthetic bags...bulkier in the pack yes, but a more robust warm dryness...

my billy's are aluminum, i have a few extra sets horded away for 'later' -- mostly i boil in them...i use a steel fry-pan when i use a fry-pan...

looks like a perfect tripper...great boat!

sand, and varnish...

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the best thing about the whelen isn't the tent..

No Title started soloing in a nc-bob special in the late 80's -- is a nice enough boat, tho a bit beamy -- i moved to a w/c chum for a few decades, and now prospectors -- tho i'm a larger guy and 'solo' with a larger sled-dog these days...the prospector is a supremely adequate boat, tho if i...

i like the modularity of simple box-type canoe-packs -- canvas or cordura, you pick -- i've had good luck with eureka, woods, duluth, and oostrom -- lined with smaller dry bags -- the outside bag gives you easy humping and abrasion resistance, and some water-resistance, the inner bag(s) give you...

welcome to club whelen! i joined last season, put about thirty nights in mine so-far. just about the perfect tent for canoe-tripping. i have one in nylon (beckel) and one in canvas (tentsmiths) depending on the season and mood...

took a pair up silver peak in killareny a few seasons ago -- seemed to 'help' somewhat -- jammed them under thwarts on the portages, so easy carrying, not sure i'd use them under load on a portage

wouldn't that clean up nice!

been using a brass single candle lantern for canoe trips for the last 25 years -- ii usually light it near sun-down -- t takes the damp edge off of the tent -- and makes it easy to find the tent in the dark -- usually bring a head-lamp for emergency use...but really don't use a lot of artificial...

+1 on the epifanes varnish (and enamel), looks fantastic on the cedar hull -- tho i still use 'home hardware' spar varnish on snowshoes and paddles...

glades...nice...i BC ski with a local touring group most weekends around georgian bay -- not exactly all-mountain -- but i do enjoy the free-heel turns

i used to always oil the hull before the canvas...doing my prospector i thought i'd try varnish...i'll let you know in five or ten years when i pull the canvas off next

wooden it be nice...

(and the book)

US Forest Service, An Axe to Grind - Complete Documentary a whole hour of axes...