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The Continuing Adventures of A Slow Boat to Nowhere

jsburger

Great pics Al.

algale

I'm too tired to rewrite the whole thing, but you can see the latest pics and read the story of the Slow Boat's biggest adventure to date.

http://www.canoetripping.net/forums/forum/trip-reports/american-trip-reports/84845-lobster-stream-to-chesuncook-lake

Hobbyman2

looks like a quiet ride . thanks for sharing .

rjent

What a feeling that must be moving across the water in something that beautiful that you made. All of the memories of the build, engineering, mistakes, successes ... must be almost magical!

Thanks for sharing these, I for one, am enjoying the trip! :)

reible

Any damage to the slow boat when you hit what ever you hit?

In my youth we would use the canoe tipped on its side for shelter with a tarp on the ground and blanket to cover. LOTs of bug spray which we would wash off in the river with ivory soap(the old ones floated don't know about the new ones). Tents back in the day were expensive and heavy canvas which we couldn't afford and too heavy to portage with.

Thanks for sharing!

Ed

algale

Thanks all! It was satisfying to use all that homemade gear— not just the Slow Boat, but the reflector oven and the cooler (NYETI). As to the cooler, it was 9.5 days between coming out of the freezer and getting home. I had frozen two 5 liter water bags and I still had about a 1/4 of the ice left! Also, NYETI only took on a couple of tablespoons of water after its unscheduled dunking and river ride.

But my greatest appreciation is of the Slow Boat herself. She brought me home after a mishap. There’s a deep outside scratch on the outside of her where I think where we hit. The scratch got into the first exterior glass layer, but I don’t think it is into the second exterior glass layer and I’m virtually certain it isn’t into the wood. We kept on for another 25 miles and two days after the incident without any evident structural damage or water intrusion.

After three summers of increasingly rough usage there are many superficial scratches in her. I will be doing some sanding and revarnishing this winter and if I need to make a patch/repair to the fiberglass/epoxy, I will do it.

algale

It's canoeing season again and I'm working on some new skills, as seen in this video.

RFGuy

algale wroteIt's canoeing season again and I'm working on some new skills, as seen in this video.

Nicely done!

Hope there wasn't any "B" roll of you falling in the creek... ;)

jsburger

algale wroteIt's canoeing season again and I'm working on some new skills, as seen in this video.

So you are changing from wood working to cinematography? Lovely.

:D :D :D :D

algale

RFGuy wrote Nicely done!

Hope there wasn't any "B" roll of you falling in the creek... ;)

Nope, no swimming occurred!

jsburger wrote

So you are changing from wood working to cinematography? Lovely.

:D :D :D :D

Ha! Nope. It sure is easier, however, than woodworking.

JPG

RFGuy wrote
algale wroteIt's canoeing season again and I'm working on some new skills, as seen in this video.

Nicely done!

Hope there wasn't any "B" roll of you falling in the creek... ;)

algale

This was the view from A Slow Boat to Nowhere today. As I was sneaking up on this Great Blue Heron, it was sneaking up on sunfish.

jsburger

algale wroteThis was the view from A Slow Boat to Nowhere today. As I was sneaking up on this Great Blue Heron, it was sneaking up on sunfish.

Absolutely beautiful.

It reminds me of a time when I was Moose hunting in Quebec. I was by my self and had portaged the canoe over a beaver dam. I got up in the pond and saw a beaver. I was between him and his lodge. I just sat there in the canoe. He would swim up close (6 or 8 feet)and dive and come up on the same side of the canoe farther out. This went on for about 30 minutes. Finally he came up dove down and came up on the other side of the canoe and swam to his lodge. Priceless!

The thing about your wood canoe and the cedar strip and canvas canoe I was in is that they are QUIET. Even if you bump the canoe with the paddle it is wood on wood, a natural sound and very subdued. Aluminum or fiberglass canoes ring like a bell in the quiet of the forest.

BuckeyeDennis

I’ve snuck up on Great Blue’s several times — I leave the motorboat anchored and swim to to the shore. I can breaststroke very silently, but they’ve never let me get that close.

algale

jsburger wrote

Absolutely beautiful.

It reminds me of a time when I was Moose hunting in Quebec. I was by my self and had portaged the canoe over a beaver dam. I got up in the pond and saw a beaver. I was between him and his lodge. I just sat there in the canoe. He would swim up close (6 or 8 feet)and dive and come up on the same side of the canoe farther out. This went on for about 30 minutes. Finally he came up dove down and came up on the other side of the canoe and swam to his lodge. Priceless!

The thing about your wood canoe and the cedar strip and canvas canoe I was in is that they are QUIET. Even if you bump the canoe with the paddle it is wood on wood, a natural sound and very subdued. Aluminum or fiberglass canoes ring like a bell in the quiet of the forest.

What a great experience that must have been to see!

BuckeyeDennis wroteI’ve snuck up on Great Blue’s several times — I leave the motorboat anchored and swim to to the shore. I can breaststroke very silently, but they’ve never let me get that close.

There must have been a half dozen Great Blues at this little lake today and I snuck up on three of them. But this was the closest. I thought it was getting ready to fly off when it went for the fish!

jsburger

We had 2 Sand Hill Cranes behind the house last month. First time I have ever seen them on the property. Those are really big guys.

wrmnfzy

This is my back yard and my wildlife photo ( have shared before but saw another today). About a 6 footer.

JPG

wrmnfzy wroteThis is my back yard and my wildlife photo ( have shared before but saw another today). About a 6 footer.

Maybe it saw the remax sign and wanted to look things over. :D

algale

Night paddle on the Pocomoke River on Maryland's eastern shore.

And a couple of videos of the same river much further upstream, passing through a bald cypress swamp.

rjent

algale wroteNight paddle on the Pocomoke River on Maryland's eastern shore.

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And a couple of videos of the same river much further upstream, passing through a bald cypress swamp.

That is fabulous that you are enjoying your creation so much. Well done.

To this Westerner of blue skies, open country, and fast running water, that spooks the hell out of me LOL. Ever have any snakes drop out of the trees .... :D

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