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Good Info!

Thanks Kevin

Kirk

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Very Nice Q~!

Kirk

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WKG…..
nice work!!!!!!!!!!
You’d never guess it was the same boat!

Dan…..
Great find on the sailing canoe…look forward to seeing some pics AFTER you have restored it a bit!

Kirk

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Anybody catch thatr Ray Mears show on OLN…”Bushcraft?”. He has an episode where he paddles the Missinaibi River in Northern Ontario and has himself a tiny mishap. There is no doubting Ray’s paddling skills or his bush skills but it was a real eyeopener as he had his paddle ripped from his hands. It was toooo fast to see exactly what happened, he was paddling some rapids making course sorrections and it looked as tho his paddle wedged a sunken log or rock…one second in his hands…next second gone! He had his spare ready and recovered the lost paddle in no time but it just goes to show how easy it can be to get yourself in a jam when you are out there! Great show by the way ….highly recommended viewing!

Kirk

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That is priceless Preacher!

Kirk

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@OneBadApple 570 wrote:

Hillbilly love the handle,if’n i had a nickle for every time i been called that!!!! hey i really dig how you guys make me feel in this sport/hobby??? of canoeing yall tell me go ahead read this read that but also you guys (hillbilly andy pk) yall always mention for me to go ahead and try a certain way but form my own opinion!!! and comming from guys who have done this deal for years,well yall seem like bunch of really nice guys to me cuz i have been on other hobby messageboards and way too often people are so about there own knowledge that its there way or your a complete knucklehead so thanks so much for makin a rookie feel like a member of the team so- to- say…. i’ll check into those links…
oba

Hey OBA….I’ll put a third motion on the table…to back up some posts by Hillbilly and PKnoer….comin from another person who considers himself still fairly new to the canoe….its all about what works for you….ya never know till ya try…my best advice…on anything you wanna ask…is read the opinions of others…decide what yer gonna do…then try it in the field….its all about gettin out there!!!!!!!!!….so get off the comp and get out there!

and enjoy the journey!

Kirk

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Very nice boat Dave….

[canuckcamper]

I paddle a tandem even when going solo….turn it around and sit backwards on the bow seat….tooooo many hours spent riding a desk at work usually results in me switching back and forth from kneeling to sitting trying to relieve pressure on the knees and ankles!

Kirk

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@OneBadApple 388 wrote:

😀 sing it CC….and oh black robe enjoy the aroma… it’ll get smoother once you get used to it!!!!
hehehe
oba

lmfao!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kirk!!!!!!!!!!!!

[canuckcamper]

………..and here I am stuck in the middle with you!

[canuckcamper]

@Preacher 370 wrote:

I smell a paddle fetish.

NOOO….thats just the smell of unscrubbed cheese!

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@Jerry R. 267 wrote:

Let alone the nights!

sob

😮

Eatin bass!!!!!

I feel yer pain Jerry!….I’d cry to eatin that!

Kirk

PS…good to see ya postin again Chuck!

[canuckcamper]

Looks awesome Sweeper….i’d love to read a review on it when ya get a chance to try it!

Kirk

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@Sweeper 221 wrote:

I have a 16′ Kevlar Canoe with Bottom Bulge and the canoe shell is more fexible then what I’m used to. I’ve been thinking about taking it tripp’n next year, but I’m concerned about this bulge.

Am I making more of this then I need to?

When it’s loaded the Bulge will go away?

Does the canoe need reinforcing?

Sweeper

Definitely sounds like its hogged…in Newfoundland we would say that the boat is a “water hog”…all means the same thing….boat aint gonna perform that well for ya…still water ready but performance drops…definitely slower, definitely gonna oilcan in wave, definitely gonna make ya wet in rough conditions, definitely gonna loose some stability…basically means that the bottom has warped and now the bow and stern are gonna ride lower in the water than they were intended and in extreme cases they will ride lower than the center of the boat…this isn’t a problem thats gonna go away, the boat is still seaworthy, but you are gonna work a lot harder with it than a boat that wasn’t hogged….although take into account that my experience with water hogs is from helping the Old Man with building wooden fishing boats…skiffs, trapskiffs and dorys, maybe someone here who has more experience with kevlar can offer a suggestion…

Kirk

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@canuckcamper 228 wrote:

Just testing the img thing ……

Kirk

Still cant use the edit function….another test

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