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In the beginning stages of planning on a tandem trip this early Sept or thereabouts. Looking for any advice or suggestions given the following...Have not been in this partucular park. Will most likely enter the South side via rail. We will avoid all whitewater if possible. A mile-long portage is...

I/we rarely wear our PFDs. Never owned a bike helmet, nor wear a hard hat when using a chainsaw. Just grew up this way I guess. I'm not a gear junky and have re-purposed our 30-yr-old (buckled) water skiing life jackets as our tripping PFDs as they tuck nicely behind the carry handles. We just...

Anyone ever done this?!? Was up here this past weekend on a small trip to test some gear and a "new" shoulder. Lots of rain and horrible black flies so drove a bit to check out the Vermilion river. Completely out of my league to talk whitewater but had to post this as I cannot envision anyone...

Nothing really crafty or complicated with this modification but sharing what I learned from doing this a second time around in case someone else wishes to tackle this. Take-Aways as follows... My first time-around I tried to use the truss-style hangers but struggled matching them up with...

I mentioned this in a different post so following up on sharing the photo as a curiosity as really know nothing about it.

Purchased my second set of Ed's Canoe contoured seats. The fist set (first photo) was installed a few years back on a different boat and at that time they spot-on matched the finish from a photo. Now they offer only clear satin spar urethane and can only get black webbing. Still love the seats...

Not just a trailer potato as it has seen some water.

Hello. Shoulder injury from portaging mishap forces me into a lighter canoe. Looking for a quality tandem tripper no heavier than 55 lbs. Not too interested in kevlar ultralights so possibly a hybrid layup of sorts? Would love an old MR Sunrunner, Sundance, Malecite, or ?? but possibly wishful...

Hard to believe it's been 4 years since I last was here. 😪 Still tripping with the fiberglass MR Sunrunner but looking for something lighter as rebuilding from a severe labral tear in left shoulder while trying to throw the pack out of the boat in between the Sauvage & Bonhomme portages. Good...

Anybody done this? Any last parting words as I contemplate this for next summer? 150 miles...zero portages...really big water. I lived in Duluth for a spell and have spent many vacations up there however have a hard time visualising any craft smaller than the SS Edmund Fitsgerald on ole Gitche...

100 Miles & 37 Portages I'll soon add more detail to this post for those that have graciously expressed interest in this old oddball (1994 MR Sunrunner). In short, the secret(s) to the success of this trip was a strong, 6'-5" farm boy and me being one heck of a camp cook to keep him/us fueled &...

Progress as it currently stands... All wood has been refinished to "natural" look. Seats caned Floor painted Thwart extended Still working on... Couple chips and spider cracks Noseguards to protect gunnel tips/ends Contemplating skid plates Mounting roof rack to freag'n Astro Van. Sounds like...

Picked up a pair of these old Sawyers yesterday. Super excited being they are vintage and in really nice shape aside from the slight hook in the blade of the 54". Ultimately wondering about the design having the lamination butt-joints perpendicular to the shaft. I have inspected them closely and...

For those of you contemplating tackling this, here was my process & takeaways. Would definitely do this again as found it to be not terribly difficult & definitely rewarding. :) PROCEDURE IN BRIEF Watch this video (not mine)...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDbkIZo6uBM&t=2s Order materials...

If all went well in constructing this post, along with the attached photos there should also be a link to a prior conversation on this old MR Sunrunner. In case anyone is interested. Along with re-caning the seats, I am contemplating a bit of repair to the hull exterior as I go over it removing...

Great site & wonderful people willing to share and help. Thanksomuch. In short I'm currently in an obsessive mode with canoe tripping still riding high from a 9-day with my 17 yr old this past August. Plan to continue utilizing this forum for technical input on boats and hopefully share anything...

OK, I have no idea what these types of things are called for people in-the-know, nor have I searched for best practices with them so certain there are all sorts of far more ingenious designs than this frankenstein. However, in about an hour I had this pieced together and imagine it would support...

Time to poll the experts as I am striking out with my far-too-many months worth of internet searching. The stock rack for a 1997 Astro (GMC Safari) is discontinued so not available through dealerships. I have asked a number of them. The only one currently on ebay is for an earlier model which...

In the days before SmartWool; Somewhere deep inside the belly of Woodland Caribou Provincial Park (seriously)... Following yet another hardly satisfying meal of sodium enriched dirty rice & fish skin, our chief paddle porteur took a well-earned break to reflect upon what in heaven's name made...

If a butterfly flaps its wings on the other side of the globe... Will your Kevlar Ultralight leave port and float across the flippin lake???