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Here’s a thread I made showing how I altered my 58” Clement. It’s now my favorite when I can’t use my Bruce Smith. https://www.canoetripping.net/threads/paddle-mod-make-it-my-own.127740/

@adkjoe I've been to Jabe and Little Jabe, both great short hikes from Silver Bay. Spent many summer weeks there as a kid, and unfortunately few as an adult. @Punkinhead I have a Northstar Polaris with 3 seats. It it works nicely as a big solo, or with me and 2 kids, or as a tandem.

Glad they had presence of mind and called it in. That guy should just lose his license.

Of course not. Those people are selfish and... low quality in general. People are never more their authentic selves than when they’re driving. So I would say there is very much, them and us.

Lovely!

I like that shallow water special. Much as I love my ottertail, there are numerous places I can’t use it here in the Big Bend (FL).

The same principle has been discussed with respect to boat and canoe hull finishes/surface treatments.

Probably wouldn’t work with a modern car.

No reason to tempt fate!

I’m more familiar with “dihedral” referring to birds’ wings. A vulture has a pronounced dihedral, but eagles, falcons, and hawks do not. It helps in identifying them by silhouette when backlit or what have you. Gliding birds have a dihedral, fast birds do not.

Glad to see you wearing ear pro!

Yep, white ibis. There is also a glossy ibis in Florida at any rate, not sure about WV. Water hyacinth is better than hydrilla! Looks like a gorgeous place to paddle.

Bingo, that’s the critical thing. Critical eye, critical thinking and reasoning skills. We’re preaching to the choir here because we’re all of an age where we learned before there was AI; my kids are growing up in a digital era where they aren’t necessarily learning to differentiate between...

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That’s a very cool shot of the green canoe flying low over the water!

Yes sir! Two sets of mayhem. First set was easy. Second set complicated things a bit 🤣

It’s that compound grind that makes it work. It’s no comparison to a decent santoku, and I’ve got to go a lot slower than my normal slicing and chopping speed, but it works well enough!

I was in Boy Scouts but we didn’t do any canoeing to speak of. Summer camp in the Adirondacks, I’d do some with my uncle. But it was mostly with my high school cross country team where I built fond memories paddling canoes in a group. Utter mayhem and I loved it! I started hauling my kids...

I like Moras very much. They’re quite capable, it’s impressive the abuse they take. Batoning seems to be the way they meet their demise, but they’re inexpensive enough it’s not a big deal. Or, use a small ax and the Mora will live a long happy life. I have several, and find I’m partial to the...

Oh that is just gorgeous!!! I almost got my IXP Phoenix in red glass over Kevlar, but decided I’d better go with IXP. I’d have gone with that color (and cherry!) if I knew it was possible. Great pair BTW, my Polaris is Blacklight/aluminum gunwales. I often regret not getting wood, but the...