60s with canoes and maybe other boats

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Highly contemplating taking our canoe on the Rimrocker trail and then to SAS this summer. At SAS we could leave it at camp, but we’re traveling Rimrocker one way so it would have to be strapped to the top for that. It’s fiberglass so I feel like it would probably crack on the bumpy stuff …. But think about paddling the Green River in a huge canyon in Utah! Or at Silver Jack Reservoir east of Ridgeway…
I brought my kayak a couple of times and paddled Silver Jack. Beautiful place.
 
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I got this cool cedar canoe as a tip from a construction client. Strapped it on the 60 today and took it to the lake. A couple of pieces of pipe insulation on the Gamiviti rack did the trick.

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Bumping an old thread.

I got this cool cedar canoe as a tip from a construction client. Strapped it on the 60 today and took it to the lake. A couple of pieces of pipe insulation on the Gamiviti rack did the trick.

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Man, cedar is a whole other level. I’d love to have something like that one day. That would look pretty killer on the Stout whenever that’s ready, too.
 
Bumping an old thread.

I got this cool cedar canoe as a tip from a construction client. Strapped it on the 60 today and took it to the lake. A couple of pieces of pipe insulation on the Gamiviti rack did the trick.

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WOW! that's a sexy lookin' vessel. brings to mind the mahogany strip canoe my dad built 60 years ago. good lookin' 60 also 👍
 
River time on Tuesday and part of Wednesday. Nice, warm, and unrainy on Tuesday, not so on Wednesday. Wednesday take out was at the end of badly rutted muddy road (oh yeah!).

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Hit up the Coosa River today for a short run. We used both 60 series to carry the boats, green one is 14' solo Mad River Explorer and the two red ones are late 1980s Mohawk Rogue whitewater boats. Enough water running today to make for a good float but not enough for a really exciting run through Moccasin Gap. Video of @cruiserinsanity getting rolled at Moccasin Gap.

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Hit up the Coosa River today for a short run. We used both 60 series to carry the boats, green one is 14' solo Mad River Explorer and the two red ones are late 1980s Mohawk Rogue whitewater boats. Enough water running today to make for a good float but not enough for a really exciting run through Moccasin Gap. Video of @cruiserinsanity getting rolled at Moccasin Gap.

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jim, time spent cruiserin' n canoein' with the boys has got to be good. i'm kinda jelly 👍
 
Okay, it ain't a '60. ;)

Peter Pond 17 foot kevlar. I'm not much of a canoe guy, buy I have had a few different ones over the years. This one works okay for me, but I'd prefer the front seat a bit further back. Might have to make the time to modify it.

The goal of the day was to get the dog used to being in the canoe (his first time) and the slow moving shallow water here was a big plus for that. Worked out okay, but I think I am gonna sacrifice an old kataraft to make outrigger(s) to add on when the dog comes along. The GF will like the added stability too. ;)

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Mark...
 
Is this shot film or digital? I noticed on Instagram you mentioned using FujiColor 200. It looks like greens really pop with that stuff. I mostly roll with cheap Kodak Gold or ColorPlus 200, but neither really do much for the greens. Anyway, seems like a great film stock for verdant Kentucky.

Out here in Colorado things are less green. Especially when I’m at altitude in the mountains things end up looking kind of grayscale from all the neutral colored rocks. Things seem to have higher contrast too, and with the neutral palette the photos end up looking kind of harsh. Maybe I ought to throw my UV filter on more often - the high altitude light is probably shifting things around.

And now back to our regularly scheduled watercraft posting…..
 
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Is this shot film or digital? I noticed on Instagram you mentioned using FujiColor 200. It looks like greens really pop with that stuff. I mostly roll with cheap Kodak Gold or ColorPlus 200, but neither really do much for the greens. Anyway, seems like a great film stock for verdant Kentucky.

Out here in Colorado things are less green. Especially when I’m at altitude in the mountains things end up looking kind of grayscale from all the neutral colored rocks. Things seem to have higher contrast too, and with the neutral palette the photos end up looking kind of harsh. Maybe I ought to throw my UV filter on more often - the high altitude light is probably shifting things around.

And now back to our regularly scheduled watercraft posting…..

That shot was iPhone. That said, Fujicolor is great for greens and reds!
 
Hi, So I lost one of my thwarts in the river on my Grumman aluminum canoe.Any clue where I can get a replacement? Thanks, Mike
 

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