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Final impressions of Muscongus Bay,ME camp cruise in AL DEMANY CHIMAN

This is a continuation of the story of my 2011 camp cruise in my skin-on-frame outrigger canoe AL DEMANY CHIMAN (the introductory post and map is here).

There were a few items I thought it would be useful to touch upon in summary.

Muscongus Bay Let me start with the area I picked. Simply [...]

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Days 3-5 of Muscongus Bay,ME cruise in AL DEMANY CHIMAN

This is a continuation of the story of my 2011 camp cruise in my skin-on-frame outrigger canoe AL DEMANY CHIMAN (the introductory post and map is here).

Day 3,In which we log some miles On day 3 I awoke –still groggy –at 7:45! I didn’t get on the water until 10:00,[...]

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Day 1 &2 of Muscongus Bay,ME cruise in AL DEMANY CHIMAN

This is a continuation of the story of my 2011 camp cruise in my skin-on-frame outrigger canoe AL DEMANY CHIMAN.

Day 1,In which we get our keel under us The 4th of July dawned overcast and a little foggy. Truth be told,I was pretty nervous about the voyage around Muscongus Bay in [...]

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A fantastic first camp cruise –Muscongus Bay,Maine in AL DEMANY CHIMAN,Introduction

Regular readers know all about my skin-on-frame outrigger canoe project,which culminated in the launch of AL DEMANY CHIMAN last October. Her launch represented the completion of two “bucket list”items:designing my own boat and building to that design. It also represented my first true forays into longtime interests in outrigger canoes and the [...]

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Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail coming into being

The same e-mail from American Rivers that I referenced last night also announced the official creation,courtesy of the pen of George W. Bush,of the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail,a water trial in the Chesapeake commemorating the English explorer of the Mid-Atlantic. These trails are great. They are designed for small [...]

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