Canoe Stoke

Thought it might be cool to start this thread incase there are any canoeists on the TRGz.

Like many kids, I grew up using old aluminum canoes as a humble means of transportation on fishing/camping trips. They were loud, heavy, and cold.

When I arrived in Montana back in the 00s, I got pulled into the drift boat and raft world, and never looked back at canoes until recently.

Turns out they are fun as hell.

I started soloing an 11' Old Town Discovery last year on the little river by my house, and added a 1982 17' Old Town Tripper (Royalex) to the fleet this spring for family and bigger river trips/whitewater runs.

For those looking to up their canoe game or get into the sport, Bill Mason's 1977 Path of the Paddle series is one of the best instructional video series ever made, IMO. It's worth checking out for pure entertainment value if you're into running rivers on anything. The dude was a canoe wizard, and does some gnarly shit in wood/canvas canoes and jeans.

Discovery 119 on the Gallatin
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Maiden Voyage on the Tripper
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Kid Stoke
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Tripper after being cleaned up/outfitted with D rings, float bags, Crazy Creeks, and Kevlar skid plates.
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Excellent. I used to have a super light fiberglass solo. When my first son was still little, I would stick a cooler all the way up in what was supposed to be the bow. I would sit on that and paddle it the other way with him sitting on the seat. Worked great. My sister has that boat now. My only canoe currently is a 17 foot long 3 seat plastic Pelican. I got that one so I could get the whole family out together. It doesn’t get that much use anymore.

Canoes are the pickup trucks of the paddling world. I have been exploring Maine rivers since I was a wee lad.

Based on the interior color and seats that’s an older tripper in very good shape. If you store it outside get some of this to protect it from UV.

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Originally Posted by cat in january

Canoes are the pickup trucks of the paddling world. I have been exploring Maine rivers since I was a wee lad.

Based on the interior color and seats that’s an older tripper in very good shape. If you store it outside get some of this to protect it from UV.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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Yep, it's an '82- one of the early years with aluminum reinforced gunwales. I got it from the original owner, a good ol boy in Billings, who still had the paperwork from the day he bought it 40+ years ago.
The dude worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and used the Tripper to pole up the Bighorn to check on his (live) beaver traps. After catching them, he would relocate the critters to some little spring on nearby Rez rangeland to turn them into functioning stock ponds. Cool stuff. Loading it onto my car was a legitimately emotional deal for him.

Even though it was stored indoors the vinyl was a little hazy, but a good dose of 303 cleared it right up. Doesn't seem brittle like some other older Royalex boats I've checked out.

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Cool thread.
I’ve got a royalex turd that’s indestructible.
And a Kevlar fisherman that’s light and so stable.

PS. Ötzi paddles in jeans

Had a fun time paddling the local trickle on Friday afternoon. Too low to be any fun on a raft, perfect for a couple of idiots with canoes.

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Where is that thread with the legendary freestyle canoeist?

ya mean Stryder Snyder?

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I think he means this dude

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I just installed a new liner and sponsons on my Sportspal canoe. It needed a new paint job as well.

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what canoe? all i see is a couple of sawhorses.

Those Sportspal/Radison canoes were/are the real deal.

Got an old one (80s model) sometime around 2011 for like $300 bucks. I’d equate the freedom it provided me in high school equal to what a bike did in elementary/middle school.

Tried to find a picture of my setup but failed… It had a trolling motor mount which was great for fishing lakes/reservoirs or the occasional lazy river.


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Home for the Aug long. Tripper yet to be unloaded.
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Spent the next 5 days exploring this little lake just south of Mt. Mahood.
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Kitty considered going for a paddle, but ultimately declined.
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Deliverance stoke

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Originally Posted by Brownski

I think he means this dude

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OMG. I really wanted to see that guy get wet.

Great idea for a post. They truly are pickups for the Lake. This clipper has provided great adventures year round.

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not much of a canoer but this was a great trip.
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Nice!

A canoe thread? I'm in!

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edited: Why can't I just delete a duplicate post...?

Maybe I'll use this space to agree with the pickup truck analogy. Canoe camping is great. Axe? Cast-iron skillet? Cast-iron dutch oven? No problem to bring 'em all.

I have been fortunate to have some really top-notch canoe experiences throughout Maine -- ~10-day trips on the Moose and Allagash Rivers as a wee lad and slightly less wee trip leader, shorter trips mixing salt and fresh water and some island hopping in Penobscot Bay, lake trips... Great stuff. Mostly in wood/canvas canoes. Some in Trippers, those things are absolute beasts.

Took the canoe along for a full car camping, biking, sup, extravaganza

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Getting out on Atlin Lake
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Then over to Kusawa/upper Takhini
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turns out it is hard to steer and take photos with a swift current and strong cross wind

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A canoe thread? I'm in!

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That is a stunning boat, jeezus. Did you do the refinish job yourself?

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And some stoke for the thread. Snake river, pillar falls yesterday - low flow so lots of rocks and caves to explore.


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I just got back from four days in the Boundary Waters. Great weather, great site, good fishing. Hard to beat! I’m not the best fisherman, so any walleye is good for me!Attachment 498792


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Beautiful!

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That is a stunning boat, jeezus. Did you do the refinish job yourself?

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Nope. That'd be a hell of a task. I'd love to do it, but I lack the necessary knowledge, tools, and equipment. Got it done by a wizard in the woods of Maine, who has the know-how and the forms for practically every wood/canvas canoe ever built (so he can bend the replacement wood pieces to the correct shape to fit). Pretty amazing process, took a year, much of which was waiting for various layers of fill, paint, etc to cure on the canvas.

Got a new to me Appalachian today and just had to get er wet on the local trickle. Such a fun shape.

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Nice. Great car for moving boats around too

Thanks! The old 240s have a simple, reliable magic to them, much like a canoe.

I'm struggling to name this Appy. One buddy suggested Red Rocket, but I think I just want to call it "Schwing!" Thoughts?

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New addition to the fleet!
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14’ solo prospector with whitewater kit. Kevlar duraflex layup.
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Bit cool for curing the epoxy for the extra lashing loops, but hope they are ready for a little river excursion next weekend
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I did take advantage of a bit of sun to enjoy some flat water at the local lake.
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Looking forward to hunting the oxbows of the upper N.Thompson and Adams rivers as well. The 17.5’ Tripper was just too much keel and beam to manage solo for such use.

Very Nice, well out fitted !

We first ran into the NorthWater crew a very long time ago on the lower Shushwap out of Sugar lake, this was before there was a North water, back then we were just impressed that canoers setup any safety at all even if it was just a guy with coils of rope on the banks of the river, they come a long way !

Since I pulled my dock out and have all my power boats out of the water, I’ve been using a canoe to access my island.

We-No-Nah solo Wilderness in Formex. Bending Branches paddle.

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DAFUQ IS WITH THIS EMOJI BULLSHIT ? !

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Suzy has epilepsy and gets stuck in the bottom of the boat when the water is cold. We do a lot of paddling in the old river channel in Pinery Provincial Park. Protected from the winds off Lake Huron with lots of critters to see.

Kind of disappointed when the water got hard but the skis will ride on the roof of the car until March or so.

I have nothing to add except that ~15 years ago my wife and I along with another couple paddles the Bowron Lake Circuit in BC outside of Prince George. 1 week and ~75 miles if I recall. Canoeing is such an awesome way to travel and explore. I've wanted to do the Boundry Waters ever since. I wish we had better canoe water around home. :(