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He looks vicious! :cool:

I have no direct experience, but a friend does solo kayak trips in Labrador and northern Quebec every year, sometimes on the coast. He...

If you want a deep dive into Merrymeeting Bay style boats and their use, along with some gorgeous photography, I would recommend...

Welcome Mike! Quite a few scullers here in Maine, especially on Merrymeeting Bay, where one classic style of sculling boat--or "gunnin'...

Thanks. A lot Maine salt marsh was never mosquito-ditched, but I've done my share of hunting from canoes or kayaks or just a seat...

Totally agree--especially about the extra 500 pounds. I'd add that for boats of similar design and displacement, every extra pound of...

On those boxes--is there any difference in the ability to grass up and hide the Garvey-style hulls vs. the bateaux-style? To my eye...

This is undoubtably true, but I think many of the design elements and details that make these old boats look and serve better are hard...

Same here. I was a Kent Fasteel fan, and will go back to it unless bismuth comes back. I bought some of the BOSS shells on an early...

Agree with that 100%, except that tiller steer keeps the floor plan even more open.

Isn't this why trucks have tailgates?

Why copper as a replacement, other than US supply? I have gone to using copper rifle bullets, but it's only slightly denser than steel...

This season has about burned through my stockpile of bismuth duck loads, which are no longer available from BOSS and don't appear to be...

I don't know if they still do this--I will find out when my pair on extended backorder arrives sometime after duck season ends--but...

Is that some kin of plastic, or fiberglass? A friend of mine had a long narrow sled like that on a recent walk-in hunt and it was a lot...