Always liked open canoes, though my experience is limited: I've rented one on the Gard a couple of times, paddled down to the Pont du Gard. I spend lots of time in that part of France, quite tempted to get a canoe there, mainly for fishing... Speaking of which I rented a canoe on my last trip to Ontario, spend a couple of days on the Saugeen River, delightful though I failed to catch any bass or the huge trout that I saw. But I did build my own a few years ago, always fancied a Selway Fisher stitch & glue since many years ago and finally did it: I spent a winter building a Christine 13' 9" in my freezing cold garage, first time I'd attempted anything like this, and I have to say it turned out well. The picture shows its initiation on a neighbour's pool, with my son (then 12 or 13) as guinea pig. Canoe floated dead level, with one tiny pinhole leak, easily fixed.
Image: https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4708/39576989594 8829d486a6 b.jpg
Sadly, son grew up fast and wanted to spend time with friends, rather than canoeing with dad - we had a couple of trips on the Dart, Thames, and Langorse Lake... Canoe slightly too big & unwieldy for me to car-top solo, so I sold it...
Like the idea of another, though - for France rather than S.Devon (I'm near Totnes).
ps Sorry, still no picture - I suggest in all politeness but very seriously that the owners of this forum do something about the extraordinarily clunky approach to image insertion... But Mal, thanks anyway for your help.
Image: https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4708/39576989594 8829d486a6 b.jpg
Sadly, son grew up fast and wanted to spend time with friends, rather than canoeing with dad - we had a couple of trips on the Dart, Thames, and Langorse Lake... Canoe slightly too big & unwieldy for me to car-top solo, so I sold it...
Like the idea of another, though - for France rather than S.Devon (I'm near Totnes).
ps Sorry, still no picture - I suggest in all politeness but very seriously that the owners of this forum do something about the extraordinarily clunky approach to image insertion... But Mal, thanks anyway for your help.