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There's a 14ft stillwater for sale not too far away, and it's thawing out enough that I'm getting the itch. I don't buy many canoes but I do enjoy looking at what's out there and hunting for bargains. It looks beamy and sluggish, but a good little flatwater boat. Does anyone have one or have...

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I picked up my first Royalex boat this year, and while I'm happy to have it, now I'm stuck 800 miles from home with two canoes. The other is a skin-on-frame, and so I'm wondering which canoe will fare better being left in an unheated garage up in Vermont while I truck the other one back to VA...

A few years ago I emailed the Mariner's Museum in Newport News, Virginia, to ask if they would show me some of the 90-some birch bark canoe models made by Edwin Tappan Adney they have in storage there. It's been long enough that I've forgotten the name of the extremely kind and helpful lady that...

Hello all, I have a friend in northern Vermont selling a strip-made ADK guide boat, and I thought it wouldn't hurt to post a link to it here on this site. You can check out the ad here. I'm not involved in the sale but thought I'd help get the word out for him. If you are interested, or have...

Good morning all, I am happy with my skin-on-frames and the only plastic boat that I've had a hankering for is a little OT Pack. However, everyone else is hankering for them, too, and I don't need another boat THAT bad. But this morning, I drove past a yard sale, and - lo and behold - drove away...

Ok - first, don't kill me, but I built a greenland kayak last week and it is A LOT of fun. Got out in the wind and waves and swell and just sat there, snug as a duck. Started to learn to roll; it's early days but I see the light. Point being, I got a really nice 2-piece greenland paddle with...

Hello folks, Please don't judge me but I'm participating in a traditional kayak build the few days prior to Delmarva Paddler's Retreat, near Rehoboth, Delaware. We've gotten a bunch of green white oak for rib stock, but unfortunately it was of such poor quality that we're a bit worried that...

I'm bopping around mid-coast Maine, and plan to head up to Orono/Old Town/Bangor area for a day or two. Hotels are so expensive that I just bought a hammock setup and sleep where I can, so I'll head to a state campground outside Orono tonight. Besides Shaw and Tenney, Old Town canoes, and...

Building a bark canoe has been a dream of mine for a long time, so I'd better go ahead and start planning on doing it. Does anyone know the name or number of a birch bark builder who teaches one-on-one, or even in small groups? I'm in Virginia, so just going out and knocking around with birch...

Hello all, I'm paddling a skin-on-frame through a chunk of the NFCT, and since I'm 'unsupported' in being a solo paddler with no friends in the area and an antique flip phone, I'm giving my shoulders a break every few days by trying to bounce my truck up the trail as I go, so if some...

I'm keen not to shoot myself in the foot going to try a big chunk of the NFCT if not all of it, so I spent today making a PVC portage cart for myself. Bomb-proof? Probably not. Will it get me a hundred or so walking miles? I bet it will. (In fact I bet about seventy bucks it will.) With a...

Finally got around to making seats and putting them in a few boats this weekend. My favorite boat is up next; thought it was best to work out the kinks before I started messing with her. These are drilled for cane but it was quicker to just run to the hardware store and get webbing (still not...

Hey folks, I'm new to the forum and, due to a massive influx of poor personal choices and divine castigation, I have it in my mind to go to the great buggy North for a few months and do the NFCT this summer. Generally I lack either the time, the money, or the inclination to do a long trip...

Hello All, Checking in from a relatively good paddling area, I hope to learn some tips and tricks and find some new places to paddle. -MKH