scarlson 

Ha, nice! The guy I bought this boat from was also about two hours from Boston. You might know each other. The guy was real eccentric but very friendly (like us all), had a black Mustang fastback in "ran-when-parked" condition in his garage along with about four or five canoes on a rack outside. When I came down to buy the Wenonah Jensen 18, he took me in his truck to a pond and we paddled around for a test. Won me right over, in spite of the water leaking in!!

I still don't have nice paddles. I think I paid $10 for the two plastic/metal things I've got now, but I am really not serious enough to warrant anything better until I sort out the seats and get some more mileage in. I think the current seats are too low, they hurt my back and the muscles around my hips.

gomango

First of all, that's a beautiful canoe.

I assume it's a Gene Jensen designed Wenonah Kevlar. Great score!!

We have a Jensen expedition canoe up at the cabin. I believe it is a 2003. Very light, fast and fun. Not a beginner's boat at all, but tracks great with a load in big water lakes and some of the rivers near us such as the Kawishiwi.

FWIW I would treat yourself to a nice Bending Branches paddle in your price range. More power, comfort, fairly lightweight and not crazy pricey.

As for your seating position, you won't want to raise the center of gravity much, if at all, in that boat. It's a fast, aggressive design but an absolute joy to paddle if you are putting big mile days on the water.

https://bendingbranches.com/paddles/canoe-paddles

Ed333

The paddles you have look to be too long, which would have definite impact on back and hips from a low seat. The bent shafts are worthwhile, and the paddling motion is different with them, you don't reach way out, and you don't draw them back behind your hip on the stroke. More of an upper body rotation, not so much arm in it, with your legs thrusting against whatever brace you rig up, eg, in my old Sawyer Champ II, another USCA amateur racing boat, I had a length of one inch dowel suspended by line from a thwart. Or if in the bow, feet against a foam block wedged in. The shafts of the paddles will be shorter than you might think. Think of the canoe . being on wheels in a parking lot, and there are slots in the blacktop, into which you smoothly insert the paddle blade, and roll the boat past that slot, removing blade as it gets back past your hip. Not a 100% good analogy, but you get the idea...don't move water, move the boat.

quote/I still don't have nice paddles. I think I paid $10 for the two plastic/metal things I've got now, but I am really not serious enough to warrant anything better until I sort out the seats and get some more mileage in. I think the current seats are too low, they hurt my back and the muscles around my hips.[/QUOTE]

xiaoman1 

I have been a collector of things for many years and particularly enjoy collecting things that have a more personal touch to them....fountain pens and watches are among the things that I collect, they were worn and used on a daily basis and often times coveted by their owners.
I started collecting these when they did not have a lot of value and as a consequence I have a "few" of them.
I also like vintage film cameras as well as old cars (one under restoration).
Best, Ben

BadGrandma

sd5782, did you know you can build a bow from a bicycle wheel rim? The plans are on Instructables. My daughter would have a fit if I built one for the kids, unfortunately.

non-fixie 

Nutrition.

RobbieTunes

Well, besides hookers and blow.

-holiday76

I've always been into hiking for about as long as I've been into bicycles (which came about because I wanted to bicycle tour). Over the past few years I've been upgrading a lot of my gear to go UL (Ultralight). Like bikes it's very "gear" and "tinkerer" oriented.

So you could say I collect backpacks. I love bags in general, just like I like bikepacking bags. There is a lot of cottage industries around backpacking stuff (backpacks, tents, hammocks, down/insulated goods).

And modern fabrics like Dyneema/Cuben fiber have really changes the the game in terms of weight of a lot of gear.

So I guess you could say i collect backpacks to a degree (like bikes its more like I try different ones and move them on if they don't stick.







Do I collect camping hammocks? I dont know, but I have a half dozen.



Beers?
Yeah,


Jackets. I have a bit of a jacket problem. Sneakers too. Ive been on my feet a minimum of five miles a day for almost 500 days straight and I burn through a lot of shoes.

tashi

I feel like I'd wear gators almost all the time if they looked like that, those are sweet!

ldmataya 

I would probably buy cars but there is no place to put them. So am I the first one to say "more bikes"? Cuz they will fit. Actually I'm trying to kit out for some adventure riding, long days on a MTB, etc. I'm finding some new avenues for the cash to flow into gear I'm just starting to learn about.

crank_addict

Loaded question but will share where my time has been spent. The 3 amigo acquired this last six months. Woof-

Wileyone 

What a great picture.

It's a good one to write some captions on.

xiaoman1 

They all look well loved.
Good Man!

RobbieTunes

Yep, you outkicked the coverage with Wally, yet still made the play. Makes me smile.

drbarney1

Over the years I have accumulated fountain pens. I import my ink from the Herbin ink company which has been in business since 1680. They probably sold ink to Voltaire and Balzac, but they have original copies of records of orders from Victor Hugo. I don't have any four figure price pens and my collection is modest, but it had my favorite, marble green and see through green and a few other colors.

ollo_ollo

1964 Naples Sabot (CL ad pic)

1982 300SD Turbo Diesel
Aside from bikes, and the expenses of living, this year saw these 2. I was looking for a small, car top row boat to fish our mountain lakes when I found this Sabot. Owner got it for her 12th birthday in 1964. She bought a new sail and restored it for her first retirement project, then sold it to me. It has a lee board, so no centerboard trunk. Rows easily as any dingy. Cost = one of my C&V finds. Used to sail a 14' scow, so thought it would be similar & appropriate for a geezer. It is, if sailed in light air, but more wind & chop makes her much easier to capsize and a lot more difficult to right than any scow!

I keep my cars in excellent mechanical shape, but recently, both had electronic problems. Dealer svc writer told me "you should just sell these "old" cars(2000 sedan & 2004 wagon) and buy a new one. I had a better idea, found a 1982 S class Turbo Diesel with new factory engine instead. Don

Phil_gretz

and ammunition. And range time, and more ammunition.

OldsCOOL

You betcha. The true meaning and method of “gun control”.

LadyGypsyRose

^Interesting...what got you into collecting celebrity hair?


Myself, I generally spend my extra cash on my critters and knives and related items.

nomadmax 

I don't have one and I'm not interested in hauling one around the country and camping BUT........ I would love to have one of these in my back yard. Weird huh? I don't know why they do it for me, I've never even known anyone that had one. I've been to the factory (here in Ohio) to watch them being made.

Kabuki12

. I lived on a sail boat for more than a dozen years. My wife and I would spend our weekends at Santa Cruz Island and some of the other Channel Islands. When dockside I used to sail around the harbor in a Sidney Sabot . It had a center board and the hull was fiberglass with a foam core so it was quite a bit easier than yours to recover from capsize. I found that anything over 15-20kts of wind it would try to submarine itself! A lot of fun and yes it rowed really well. I later found an inflatable with an outboard motor much better for fishing and as a tender for the big boat. The good quality inflatables are very nice and once they plane out , they go quite fast. Bikes are a much cheaper hobby and the maintenance is less. I still miss those days on the open ocean, but I don’t miss the expense and work. As Jimmy Buffett said those days are well astern of me!

Pompiere

I wouldn't mind an old Airstream. I would like to travel with it though. There are two factory authorized restoration shops near me. They turn a lot of them into food trucks, but also a number of owners bring their trailers in for a makeover and polish. Sometimes, the shops have them for sale.

SurferRosa

Grandad Joyboy was senior mortician there at Whispering Glades in North Hollywood.

xiaoman1 

Speaking of cars here are a few of mine.....we started to drive the old 58 quite a lot more because the lack of use gummed up the Rochester Fuel Injection. I just pulled the original F.I.in order to do for a rebuild, it has been replaced with a WCFB for the moment....maybe a post in the "What are you working on today CV related"


Original drivetrain and lots of road scars and patina but like my bikes both are used and put away wet...I am a strong believer in enjoying things while I can and letting the next owner worry about the details and nicks in the paint.

ollo_ollo

Generally true, but $300 ask was less than its new sail. Down in cheap aluminum rowboat territory, a no brainer.