Show us pictures of your canoe vehicle with boat(s)

[Benson Gray]

No flatbeds on the portage trail, that's a rule!
(Is that the Old Town factory store in the background?)

Are there any special exemptions from the rules for flatbed wagons on the North East Carry's portage trail as shown below?
Yes, that is at the new factory where the store used to be. See https://www.wcha.org/forums/index.php?threads/14373/ for more details.

Benson

 

[Glenn MacGrady]

Yes, that is at the new factory where the store used to be. See https://www.wcha.org/forums/index.php?threads/14373/ for more details.

I am going to use Benson again, who is not only the WCHA historian but also a moderator or admin of the WCHA forums, to exemplify a feature of our XF version 2+ software that members here still haven't all grasped. It's called "unfurling URLs" (a feature not in the WCHA's XF version 1+ software).

If you just paste the URL of any webpage address, including URLs of forum posts, on a new line in the reply box, most URLs will unfurl to show a pictorial snippet of the webpage. However, you must separate the pasted URL from any previous text by an extra line space as you would do for a new paragraph. Doing so, here is what Benson's linked URL would look like:

The 34 foot Old Town war canoe form is available

Rollin Thurlow just called me to say that the 34 foot long Old Town war canoe form is available but neither of us has a place to store it. The factory has decided to cut it up if no one else can collect it within the next two weeks. I have contacted the Penobscot Marine Museum and the Old Town...

www.wcha.org

Classy, to me. Just like the classic canoe vehicle photos Benson is serving up.

 

[TrailBlaser]

Like alsg, I am a bit embarrassed as well. So far, I have been able to get to where I need to go.

New photo added - I was able to do an upgrade to my canoe transport system after finding a Sportrack system that fit my car at a good price on FB Marketplace. I am now rid of the foam blocks and no more straps running through the car. Canoe is so much more secure. Will put it to the test tomorrow on a drive to the ADKs for a 5 day canoe-camping trip.

My ride is a bit better now - using the 2017 Kia Optima instead of the Ford Fusion.

 

[JohnSand]

2006 Magnum RT with unidentified canoe, formerly wood canvas, now glassed.

 

[Glenn MacGrady]

Not my photo, but from a Willits Brothers canoe gathering at Gig Harbor, Washington, last summer.

 

[Woodpuppy]

Not my photo, but from a Willits Brothers canoe gathering at Gig Harbor, Washington, last summer.

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Which is older?

 

[Benson Gray]

Which is older?

That person was probably trying to get the serial number to answer that question. I'm not an expert on old cars so can't identify the year of the vehicle. The license plate appears to be from 1928. The Willits brothers started building canoes with serial number one in 1905 and ended with 965 in 1963. They sold a total of 39 canoes in 1928. My guess is that the person in the picture was born well after 1928.

Benson

 

[Boatman53]

I’ve always loved Willits Brothers canoes, but alas have never paddled one. Interesting construction too.
Jim

It also looks like the back end of the canoe is split!.

 

[carpenter]

Well, the post is "boats", apologies for the kayaks.

Our vehicles seem to get smaller as the family gets bigger. We used to be able to get a full 5 day trip into a Mazda 5 mini-van. 2 kids, 2 adults, one canoe, food and shelter.

Now the boys each paddle a kayak and my wife and I paddle the canoe...

All the gear on the rack moved to a friend's truck after we bottomed out once too many times on the trail in. Maybe a lift kit for the Matrix? Factory racks supplemented at the rear with an extension and wide bar instead of factory racks on the front. Frustrating to be limited for attachment points for racks on this car.

 

[Robin]

Poland Pond, North Maine Woods, my new 2013 Chevy with my new to me 17’ Chestnut Prospector.

 

[Benson Gray]

The vehicles, canoes, and pictures below are not mine but seem like they should be added to this thread.

Benson

 

[Woodpuppy]

That shows commitment and intent!!! Well done @carpenter getting the fam out! Maybe some airbags or hydraulics would help

 

[Glenn MacGrady]

Her vehicle is a leashed alligator.

 

[Tryin']

We have used a couple methods over the last few years. I wouldn't do the PVC again. It was quick and square, but expensive and didn't last long. Flatbedding was the easiest, but puts a lot of strain on the boat. Ah, what I didn't know, I didn't know...

 

[Glenn MacGrady]

I borrowed this picture from a WCHA classified ad.

 

[alsg]

Me: Are you sure I was driving the Subaru when we got the ticket?
Wife: Yeah.

 

[Woodpuppy]

Busted!

Thankfully my home town got our red light cameras kicked out of town. Operators were shortening the yellow light times to boost violations (revenue), the flashes were distracting, and people were panic braking; accidents were increasing = safety was decreasing. To say nothing of the false tickets generated on legal right turns.

I’m surprised they haven’t figured out how to assess speeding tickets on toll roads where the speed between two toll booths is a quick calculation, and many cities are moving to toll-by-tag or EZ Pass only (cashless heathens).

Arg, erg, pthpt.

 

[Glenn MacGrady]

the ticket

All that technology, paperwork, mailing costs, bureaucracy, and clerical work just to collect $40 for going 12 mph over the speed limit on an empty road? The Leviathan of Thomas Hobbes meets George Orwell. The Donner Party didn't have problems like this.

 

[alsg]

Montgomery County, MD, is the land of stop lights and speed cameras.

 

[Paddlinhal]

What could possibly go wrong. Actually this is my current rig: