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[fireflyr]

Is there a dedicated thread for canoes and kayaks? If there is, please disregard this. If there isn’t post up what you got. Search brought up nothing.

Back in the late ‘90’s I built 7 CLC stitch and glue mahogany kayaks for my brothers, kids and myself. This is a 19.5’ Pax River. Nineteen inches wide and only weighs about 30 pounds. It has been hanging in the garage for about 7 years because I never bought roof racks for my Tacoma and the 40 had a soft top.
Hopefully will have my Yakima racks on in the next couple of days so I cleaned up the boat and put 3 fresh coats of varnish on it. Making a run up to the Navarro River this weekend.

 

[fireflyr]

 

[fireflyr]

 

[RandyDaytona]

Is there a dedicated thread for canoes and kayaks? If there is, please disregard this. If there isn’t post up what you got. Search brought up nothing.

Back in the late ‘90’s I built 7 CLC stitch and glue mahogany kayaks for my brothers, kids and myself. This is a 19.5’ Pax River. Nineteen inches wide and only weighs about 30 pounds. It has been hanging in the garage for about 7 years because I never bought roof racks for my Tacoma and the 40 had a soft top.
Hopefully will have my Yakima racks on in the next couple of days so I cleaned up the boat and put 3 fresh coats of varnish on it. Making a run up to the Navarro River this weekend. View attachment 3761539View attachment 3761542

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Is there a dedicated thread for canoes and kayaks? If there is, please disregard this. If there isn’t post up what you got. Search brought up nothing.

Back in the late ‘90’s I built 7 CLC stitch and glue mahogany kayaks for my brothers, kids and myself. This is a 19.5’ Pax River. Nineteen inches wide and only weighs about 30 pounds. It has been hanging in the garage for about 7 years because I never bought roof racks for my Tacoma and the 40 had a soft top.
Hopefully will have my Yakima racks on in the next couple of days so I cleaned up the boat and put 3 fresh coats of varnish on it. Making a run up to the Navarro River this weekend. View attachment 3761539View attachment 3761542

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Beautiful, but wayyyyy too nimble for me at 19”. I would spend all day rolling and bracing

Here are a couple of mine: a Nautiraid tandem and a Nautiraid Greenlander single. Both are folding kayaks ( though I leave them assembled most of the time).

 

[Godwin]

On the Coosa River in Alabama with a 14' solo Mad River Explorer canoe and a pair of late '80s Mohawk Rogue white water boats. All are Royalex.

 

[fireflyr]

Beautiful, but wayyyyy too nimble for me at 19”. I would spend all day rolling and bracing

Here are a couple of mine: a Nautiraid tandem and a Nautiraid Greenlander single. Both are folding kayaks ( though I leave them assembled most of the time).

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I love the folding kayaks. I drove down to Charleston, SC when I was stationed at Fort Bragg in the late 80's and bought a new Folbot Pisces tandem kayak. It had a hypalon hull skin and heavy canvas deck. My dog and I explored the outer banks with that boat then took it to Europe. You can't beat the versatility of a folding boat. My brother has it up in the PNW now and it still looks great. I can see a single Klepper in my future

 

[fireflyr]

I had some old Yakima racks from my 06 Dodge that I sold in 2017. I ordered new towers to fit the rain gutters on the 40 and figured I would just use the 58” cross bars to carry my kayak. Wrong. Way too short.
Being short on time to order longer bars (heading out Friday morning) I went to HD to see what they had. I bought two black 3/4” ID x 72” L threaded pipes and they work perfectly. I may still pick up the Yakima crossbars because they are coated but for this weekend these are good enough.

The boat dwarfs the Cruiser. 19.5 feet vs about 13’. Better find a flag or I’m going to end up impaled on some unfortunate motor home.

Thanks @tbutler for reminding me I posted this. Those bars kept rotating and moving side to side. The clamps on the towers couldn’t be tightened enough because the bars weren’t coated. I ended up having to take them back to HD. Ordered the proper Yakima bars. Since then I have been finding a lot of Yakima stuff at Play it Again Sports for a fraction of the price. Worth a shot.

 

[Paddler Ed]

I've got a more modern combination back in the UK - they might get out to Australia next year once I get a few bits sorted out. Hence my user name...

Kayak is a Liquid Logic Remix 79 white water plastic boat, that has been well used and abused back in the UK and in France

Canoe is a Venture Canoe (the open canoe side of Pyranha kayaks), 15' Prospector. I used to run it with about 10' of airbags in it, because I used it a good bit on white water, and often bouncier whitewater sections. I also tended to dick around a good bit, and being able to paddle out of a play spot with a swamped canoe was always beneficial.

I love the prospector shape, and that one was a nice size; the 16' was a bit too big for UK rivers, and the 15 was nice and playful with a kneeling thwart in use rather than running from the seat. It also poled nicely, and did traditional skills. It was just a nice stable platform to work from (at the time I instructed on upto G2(3) rivers) and carried all the gear I needed for coaching with.

 

[80t0ylc]

Not sure how inflatable kayaks are accepted, but I've got an Advanced Elements kayak that worked on a Baja trip down the East coast (Sea of Cortez). It folds up for easier transport. Electric air pump pretty much necessary for deployment. I carry a hand pump aboard for topping off, as cold water will make topping off necessary. 13 ft long, 32 inches wide, 42 lbs,1 person rated and will carry 450 lbs total, person and gear . Some pics:

On the water off El Reqezon beach

Folded up in case which is 32"x16"x14"

Inflated on garage floor

 

[cruiserpilot]

16’ PakCanoe up in the Chilcotin, BC. It’s light and easy to paddle. For sale now, I have a kayak like the one above and a 16’ Greenwood Cedar Canvas canoe from original owner now - built approx 1956. Just not using it.

 

[Godwin]

Blue boat is a 16' Dagger Legend purchased in early 2000s. It's lighter than the regular Dagger Legend and I think it's composed of Royalex light. The bottom oil cans which I did not understand the terminology until recently, and because of the flexible bottom it does not handle well. This became evident when I paddled a similar construction 16' Mohawk boat; heavier boat but was more maneuverable. Here the Dagger and Mad River are loaded onto my 60 and at take-out onto the Corolla All-Trac.

 

[fireflyr]

Paddled Big River today. Saw 3 river otters. Will paddle the Navarro River tomorrow.

 

[samatulich]

Had this 17' Grumman for a few years.

Lost it to the snow load last winter

Here's our 13' Grumman. Moving it a few miles north to another lake.

 

[samatulich]

Had a blast fishing from the 17'er. The oars worked ok, made trolling a bite easier

 

[fireflyr]

Pretty sure you can pound that out.

Must have been an epic snow year.

 

[samatulich]

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Pretty sure you can pound that out.

Must have been an epic snow year.

Just an average snow year, I was just unprepared and inexperienced. Lesson learned.

 

[Bigsky80]

A couple of Pygmy boats I built. One was a project to keep me busy while staying home with my new born 18 years ago. The other was a donation for a charity auction.

 

[fireflyr]

View attachment 3765243View attachment 3765245A couple of Pygmy boats I built. One was a project to keep me busy while staying home with my new born 18 years ago. The other was a donation for a charity auction.

Beautiful boats. I promised my son I would build him a boat once we get settled up north. I always liked the Pygmy boats.

 

[Bigsky80]

Beautiful boats. I promised my son I would build him a boat once we get settled up north. I always liked the Pygmy boats.

Thanks, I found the Pygmy kits easy to work with. That being said my second build turned out much better than my first. It would be a great family project.

 

[coleAK]

17’ mad river, great touring canoe. Yes in Alaska we net Salmon out of canoes. And yes I use my bike rack to transport dip netting gear when I have the canoe on the roof.