I store my Grumman Eagle in barn rafters during the off season and outside all summer long. The Eagle is 15' long & weighs 67 lbs. A 3 hp Evinrude really moves it out. It was a very lucky Craigslist find!
This was my first year of retirement. Experienced fishing local lakes (mainly for bass) when everyone else was working, awesome! Also 2 DIY trips with my wife, first to the Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area and then a 10 day pack-in into Montana's Bob Marshall Wilderness (with our own...
I have a 16' Sea Nymph and have used 10' oars with locks and leathers to row around shorelines, row through weed beds and position over reefs. The oars have also been a great back-up to my 30 hp outboard. I've had this set-up for well over 30 years. The oars were made in British Columbia and...