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Check out the ‘whitewater Porsche’
The "Gunnimoon" is done! On top of that, it has already completed its maiden voyage, a 20 day trip down the Grand Canyon.
Unique new two-person dory gets christened in the Grand Canyon Back in January we introduced you to Justin Gallen at Raindog Boatworks. Justin, a newer member of the extremely small custom dory-building world, let us follow along as he designed and built what amounts to my dream boat. A design that, while not silly, is…
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An ode to the Louisiana marsh and the flats skiff
For most folks in the Northern Hemisphere, trout fishing has been tough these past few months. Our favorite fish is locked away under sheets of ice or stuck to the bottom of deep-bottomed pools in sluggish rivers. Luckily for me I was introduced to the Louisiana marsh almost 20 years ago by none other than…
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Strong, scary, powerful
Why you don’t want to wade onto icy river edges during the thaw The ice jam release you see here comes courtesy of our friends at the Roaring Fork Conservancy (http://www.roaringfork.org/) on the upper Roaring Fork River here in Colorado a couple weeks ago. Ice jam releases are incredibly dangerous for both boaters and anglers. You…
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Update: Raindog Boatworks’ Two-Person Dory Build
A few weeks ago, we introduced you to a radical drift boat design from Justin Gallen over at Raindog Boatworks. Today, we have an update from Justin on how the prototype boat is progressing. From Justin… When we left off last, the boat was still on the strongback. You build a form with cross members…
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Taking rafting to extremes
Would you float the highest commercially rafted waterfall in the world? If you’ve been lucky enough to visit New Zealand, you know what an amazingly spectacular place it is. You also know the Kiwis take their extreme sports quite seriously and typically push everything to extremes. Well, their approach to rafting is no different. While…
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Pull up a seat: We’re watching a dory build from scratch
It’s rare that you hear about an idea for a boat and watch it play out from scratch in front of you in relative real time—but that’s what I have for you.
Follow along as Raindog Boatworks builds a dory that blows our mind Back in September, I wrote here about what I thought was one of the most amazing little wooden dories I had ever seen. At just nine feet long, the fully decked, one-man Raindog Boatworks “Doryak” looked to be about one of the most fun…
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The Thalweg: Already Dreaming of Summer
Twelve images that instantly bring me back to boats, rivers, and of course fishing. I hope you agree.
Or at the very least Spring… Here on the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains it seems as if Winter has not yet arrived. We’ve had precious little moisture and my last float was incredibly just a few weeks ago. The dory is now finally wrapped for the Winter, and the rafts are put away…
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