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Used pricing can be really hard to figure. Personally I think Mike is close to what I'd ask and as high as I'd pay. You can always negotiate down though. Then again a lot depends on location and your definition of "good" condition. OTOH, I do see boats go for WAY more than I'd pay all the time...

Okay so as usual I have been flip flopping on various building project possibilities. I am thinking that a strip built pack canoe would be a nice first strip built project. I am not in a rush to get started since the Summer is the time to be indoors here in Tallahassee, but may start sooner if...

Way back in the day white gas was Amoco Premium in the circles I traveled. Later sometimes someone called Coleman fuel white gas but not often until much later. I am not sure what year I first heard someone call Coleman fuel white gas, but I knew Amoco Premium as white gas for a long time before...

I can relate to those not doing trips. I miss getting out a long trip. I am retired and expected to do some kind of big trip again this year whether it be backpacking, bike touring, or canoe tripping. That should be a given during retirement at least every couple years if not every year. Social...

I have a relative who reliably returns any item borrowed with parts missing if it comes back at all. I have always refused to loan her anything I cared about. When it comes to boats and paddling gear I am particular about who I loan things to. They only go to someone who will respect them or...

Bad move. NEVER break a spouse's favorite paddle!

I haven't seen one of those in a long time.

I remember when I was a teenager, the next door neighbors were redoing the roof on their house. They found a still sealed bottle of whisky in among the insulation. I don't recall exactly how long it had been there but apparently it was original with the house so maybe 50 years. They figured...

I have a couple on order and will report back on how they are. I don't have any upcoming trips, but I'll play with them daily around home for a while and carry one in my pocket to hopefully see if it has any fatal flaws. I am optimistic about them. Initially I was intrigued when I saw the...

Way back I played at the bow drill a little for fun. It was very hit or miss (mostly miss) even in ideal conditions. I guess it is something that can be learned if you persevere, but I never mastered it. I managed to get smoke sometimes and think it was only once that I actually managed to...

Not sure if I should have started a new thread for this, but... What do you light your white gas (or other) stoves with? I have usually carried a mini Bic butane lighter or sometimes two, but there are a lot of options. I guess options might include a flint and striker, matches, a zippo, and so...

Interesting idea. I bet I'd have some good pictures if I carried one on my backpacking trips. I didn't own one back when I was doing much canoe tripping and mine is bigger and heavier than I am willing to carry on my backpacking trips and bike tours. Mine has been used mostly to see what kind...

I did some paddling in the Everglades years back including some beach and chickee camping and it was great. The only thing I didn't care for was the need to be on a schedule due to having to reserve the campsites. I am not sure if my wife can manage to get in and out of the canoe at a chickee...

Have any of you guys paddled on the Great Calusa Blueway Paddling Trail? I am not yet venturing far from home during this pandemic, but the trail is not all that far from home (<6 hours) so it is a reasonable range for when I start to venture further. It sounds like it just might be something...

It depends on what you have. In my shop I crank my compressor outlet way down and use a blow gun that I have with a tapered rubber tip. I think I could get a good enough seal with just hand pressure. I also have some 100 ml syringes that could give enough pressure if a decent connection could...

Yeah, Mike's post brings up some good possibilities. If it isn't the cap gasket or pip, varnish may well be causing the needle to not shut off the stove properly and allowing leakage there through the jet. I think that about the only other places are likely to leak are where the burner screws...

That can be pretty iffy depending on ambient temperature and on how full the tank is. I easily have done it in cool weather with a not too full tank. On a warm Tallahassee day with a very full tank I didn't manage to get a drop to come out (it works better with some air space in the tank)...

Hey that looks like my bottle!

I had a cap like that, but I think mine was factory made. I lost it somewhere along the way a few decades ago. It just might still be somewhere in my gear, but I have not seen it in many years so I doubt it. I should probably make a new one. I like it much better than carrying a funnel and...

Yeah I tinkered with twig stoves and generally found them to be a lot of trouble to deal with and I have sworn off of them. Most of my canoe camping has either been in places where a pan wasn't required or it just didn't occur to me to take one, but I can see the attraction. A fire is a really...