A Thousand Miles in the Rob Roy Canoe

A Thousand Miles in the Rob Roy Canoe

I’ve been looking at the Dixon-Price Publishing catalogue after receiving a nice email from the brains behind the outfit, Kendall Hanson. I think there are two books that probably deserve particular attention – and which I would certainly like to read myself.

The first is A Thousand Miles in the Rob Roy Canoe, the first groundbreaking book by the father of modern kayaking and canoe camping, John MacGregor.

MacGregor sails and paddles alone in a double-ended canoe on the lakes and rivers of Continue reading “A Thousand Miles in the Rob Roy Canoe”

Ben Crawshaw’s Light Trow makes more progress

Light Trow progress 16th March

I have another reason to be delighted today (yesterday’s news was good too), as Ben Crawshaw has reported some great progress on his Light Trow at The Invisible Workshop.

Once again, I have to say that it looks as if he’s making a very nice job of her. If you visit, please leave a message of encouragement, as I think he deserves it!

Joe Dobler’s car-topping technique

Joe Dobler’s car-topping technique

Joe Dobler was a gifted engineer and pioneer plywood and epoxy boat designer. So it isn’t surprising that he should have come up with a neat way of putting a small boat on top of a car that might be seriously useful for those of you who sail lightweight canoes and other small boats.